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analogWrite()
Description
Writes an analog value (PWM wave) to a pin. Can be used to light a LED at varying brightnesses or drive a motor at
various speeds. After a call to analogWrite(), the pin will generate a steady square wave of the specified duty cycle until
the next call to analogWrite() (or a call to digitalRead() or digitalWrite() on the same pin). The frequency of the PWM
signal on most pins is approximately 490 Hz. On the Uno and similar boards, pins 5 and 6 have a frequency of
approximately 980 Hz. Pins 3 and 11 on the Leonardo also run at 980 Hz.
On most Arduino boards (those with the ATmega168 or ATmega328), this function works on pins 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11. On
the Arduino Mega, it works on pins 2 - 13 and 44 - 46. Older Arduino boards with an ATmega8 only support
analogWrite() on pins 9, 10, and 11.
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The Arduino Due supports analogWrite() on pins 2 through 13, plus pins DAC0 and DAC1. Unlike the PWM pins, DAC0 and
DAC1 are Digital to Analog converters, and act as true analog outputs.
You do not need to call pinMode() to set the pin as an output before calling analogWrite().
The analogWrite function has nothing to do with the analog pins or the analogRead function.

Syntax
analogWrite(pin, value)

Parameters
pin: the pin to write to.
value: the duty cycle: between 0 (always off) and 255 (always on).

Returns
nothing

Notes and Known Issues


The PWM outputs generated on pins 5 and 6 will have higher-than-expected duty cycles. This is because of interactions
with the millis() and delay() functions, which share the same internal timer used to generate those PWM outputs. This
will be noticed mostly on low duty-cycle settings (e.g 0 - 10) and may result in a value of 0 not fully turning off the
output on pins 5 and 6.

Example

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Sets the output to the LED proportional to the value read from the potentiometer.

int ledPin = 9; // LED connected to digital pin 9


int analogPin = 3; // potentiometer connected to analog pin 3
int val = 0; // variable to store the read value

void setup()
{

pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // sets the pin as output


}

void loop()
{

val = analogRead(analogPin); // read the input pin


analogWrite(ledPin, val / 4); // analogRead values go from 0 to 1023, analogWrite values from 0 to 255
}

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See also
- analogRead()
- analogWriteResolution()
- Tutorial: PWM

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