From the PIC16F877 data sheet section on the CCP module:

"A PWM output... has a time-base (period) and a time that the output stays
high (duty cycle). The frequency of the PWM is the inverse of the period
(1/period)."

In terms commonly used with PICs when using the CCP module for PWM, there
is a period and a duty cycle.  And if I recall corectly from my earlier
reading, when the duty cycle equals or exceeds the period the output stays
high.

Dale
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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Sid Weaver wrote:

> PWM doesn't have a "period".  It has duty cycle and cycles.  HPWM has duty
> cycle and frequency.

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