Why not use 256 steps? It makes your lookup table easier to implement as well.
I rather doubt that you will notice a 1 degree vs 1.4 degree step difference.
Or make it 512 steps and you still get 'nice' numbers with common crystals.

4.9152Mhz (common) /32/256 =60.00000Hz

Or is it that you don't believe in KISS?

Robert

andre abelian wrote:
>
> Denny,
>
> This is for power inverter that from 0-360 must be 16.66 ms
> 16,66/360=46.27us  but we are getting 46.25us
>
> Andre
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Andre,
> This may have already been discussed, but I was curious as to what you
> need
> such a precise (and seemingly arbitrary) time value for?
> Denny
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: andre abelian <engelec@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [pic]: timing calculation error
>
> > Olin,
> >
> > Thanks for your replay.
> > I guess mastering (interrupt service routine) is not easy
> > Even I get precise timing after adding more codes
> > Timing gets changed more adjustments needed more changes needed
> > I also found one more problem with mplab 6.22.
> > Using same code with mplab 6.22 will generate different timing on
> timer0
> > then mplab 6.30 does.
> >
> > Andre
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > Try again.
> >
> > Definitely better.
> >
> > > I am generating 46.25 us interrupt and this is how I calculated.
> > > Using 16 mhz crystal with 8 bit timer 256(8 bit timer)-185(the value
> I
> > > use)=71 so if I put 71 in timer0 I should get 185/4=46.25 us
> > interrupt.
> > > Now since there are timer0  (2 cycle) latency + interrupt (5 cycle)
> > > latency now real number should be 71-2-5=64 so if I put 64 in timer0
> I
> > > should be able to get 46us but I am not getting 46us. By adjusting
> the
> > > number to 119
> >
> > Don't try to account for the interrupt latency.  It is much better to
> > add
> > a fixed value into timer 0 each interrupt.  16MHz clock means 4MHz
> timer
> > 0
> > increment rate (assuming prescaler of 1).  1 / 4MHz = 250nS, which is
> > the
> > timer 0 tick period.  46.25uS / 250nS = 185 timer 0 increments in your
> > desired interrupt period.
> >
> > Left alone, timer 0 will cause an interrupt ever 256 ticks.  If you
> add
> > into TMR0, it misses 2 ticks, effectively making it 256 + 2 = 258
> ticks
> > per interrupt.  258 - 185 = 73 too many ticks per interrupt period.
> > Therefore, you will achieve a 46.25uS interrupt period by adding 73
> into
> > TMR0 each interrupt.
> >
> > This assumes the prescaler is set to 1:1, meaning it must be assigned
> to
> > the watchdog timer instead of timer 0.  Of course the accuracy is
> > proportional to the accuracy of the CPU oscillator.
> >
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