Table 1—For each timebase on my oscilloscope, I was able to calculate an appropriate PWM value that would be useful for timebase verification.
| Time
tick 16.67 ns |
Maximum
ticks ( no prescale) 4,294,967,296 |
Maximum int (signed)2,147,483,648 | ||||
| PWM timing at 60 MHz | ||||||
| Scale (s) | Divisor | Per division | Full screen | 60-MHz Counts | Refresh rate (Hz) | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1,200,000,000 | 0.05 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 600,000,000 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 300,000,000 | 0.2 |
| 4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 120,000,000 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 60,000,000 | 1 |
| 6 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 0.5 | 30,000,000 | 2 |
| 7 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 12,000,000 | 5 |
| 8 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 6,000,000 | 10 |
| Scale (ms) | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 1,000 | 0.005 | 0.05 | 3,000,000 | 20 |
| 10 | 2 | 1,000 | 0.002 | 0.02 | 1,200,000 | 50 |
| 11 | 1 | 1,000 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 600,000 | 100 |
| 12 | 0.5 | 1,000 | 0.0005 | 0.005 | 300,000 | 200 |
| 13 | 0.2 | 1,000 | 0.0002 | 0.002 | 120,000 | 500 |
| 14 | 0.1 | 1,000 | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 60,000 | 1,000 |
| 15 | 0.05 | 1,000 | 0.00005 | 0.0005 | 30,000 | 2,000 |
| 16 | 0.02 | 1,000 | 0.00002 | 0.0002 | 12,000 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 0.01 | 1,000 | 0.00001 | 0.0001 | 6,000 | 10,000 |
| Scale (µs) | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | 1,000.000 | 0.000005 | 0.00005 | 3,000 | 20,000 |
| 19 | 2 | 1,000.000 | 0.000002 | 0.00002 | 1,200 | 50,000 |
| 20 | 1 | 1,000,000 | 0.000001 | 0.00001 | 600 | 100,000 |
| 21 | 0.5 | 1,000,000 | 0.0000005 | 0.000005 | 300 | 200,000 |
| 22 | 0.2 | 1,000,000 | 0.0000002 | 0.000002 | 120 | 500,000 |
| 23 | 0.1 | 1,000,000 | 0.0000001 | 0.000001 | 60 | 1,000,000 |
| 24 | 0.05 | 1,000,000 | 0.00000005 | 0.0000005 | 30 | 2,000,000 |