heh, sorry the link .  .
https://briancode.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/working-with-pwm-on-a-beaglebone-black/

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 5:42 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>>    - you say that I still have to manually export pwm0 and pwm1. You
>>    mean after mounting your cape, I will have to write a 0 and 1 into the
>>    export file of the pwmchip<number> directories in /sys/class/pwm?
>>
>> Yes.
>
>    - Also which Chip corresponds to which ehrpwm?
>
> This site has a table most of the way down that explains it. However do
> keep in mind that it's outdated material, and that now we only have pwm0,
> and pwm 1 per module. No, pwm0, pwm1, pwm2, pwm3, etc. Also the pwm
> directories will no longer show in /sys/class/pwm, but will now show in
> /sys/class/pwm/pwmchipX where X is the chip number.
>
>    - And last but not least, what is the unit of duty_cycle and period?
>    Is it ns?
>
> I'm not 100% sure, but ns sounds reasonable. However, I'm not sure the
> time period matters so much, as duty_cycle is a percentage of period. So in
> our circuit here, which is reverse logic. A period of 2000 with a
> duty_cycle of 2000 would be 100% duty_cycle. BUt I was just driving LEDs
> with it, not a stepper motor or anything period critical.
>
> Anyway, you can always hook the output up to a scope . . .
>

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