Advanced-control timers (TIM1 and TIM8) RM0090
550/1749 RM0090 Rev 18
17.3.14 6-step PWM generation
When complementary outputs are used on a channel, preload bits are available on the
OCxM, CCxE and CCxNE bits. The preload bits are transferred to the shadow bits at the
COM commutation event. The user can thus program in advance the configuration for the
next step and change the configuration of all the channels at the same time. COM can be
generated by software by setting the COM bit in the TIMx_EGR register or by hardware (on
TRGI rising edge).
A flag is set when the COM event occurs (COMIF bit in the TIMx_SR register), which can
generate an interrupt (if the COMIE bit is set in the TIMx_DIER register) or a DMA request
(if the COMDE bit is set in the TIMx_DIER register).
Figure 125 describes the behavior of the OCx and OCxN outputs when a COM event
occurs, in 3 different examples of programmed configurations.
Figure 125. 6-step generation, COM example (OSSR=1)