Compac C5000

33.
K-Factor Settings
Duty Cycle
The duty cycle setting gives the ability to set the percentage of the pulse high and low. The default
setting is 50%. The pulse length is determined by the following formula.
Example
Duty cycle set to 50%
Frequency set to 1KHz (1000 pulses/sec)
𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 = 𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
(
𝑠𝑒𝑐
)
× 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦
(
𝐻𝑧
)
× 100
50 = 𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
(
𝑠𝑒𝑐
)
× 1000 × 100
50
100
= 𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
(
𝑠𝑒𝑐
)
× 1000
0.5
1000
= 𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
(
𝑠𝑒𝑐
)
500 𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 = 𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
(
𝑠𝑒𝑐
)
The Default setting of 50% should be sufficient for most applications.