The firmware supports two PWM types: software and hardware.

Software, configurable 1, 2, 3, 5 kHz – the firmware can generate the PWM signal on any pin. The higher frequency requires more CPU resources. The frequency may slightly float. You may configure up to two PWM outputs in the configuration.

Hardware, configurable 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 kHz or low frequencies 480, 240, 120, 60, 30, 16, 8, 4 Hz – the firmware uses the hardware PWM generator on the chip. The PWM duty cycle has 256 states (8 bits). It is precise and does not use CPU resources.

C253x

The hardware PWM on CC253x can work on the following pins only:

PWM #1 pins: P13, P14, P16, P17 (one of these pins)
PWM #2 pins: P10, P11, P20, P23 (one of these pins)
PWM #3 (it is the Premium feature) pins: P03, P04, P05, P06 (one of these pins). This PWM also supports low frequencies below 1 kHz.

If the frequency of all PWM is identical, you may create up to five hardware PWM.

PWM #1 pins: P13 or P16
PWM #2 pins: P10 or P20
PWM #3 pins: P14 or P17
PWM #4 pins: P11 or P23
PWM #5 (it is the Premium feature) pins: P03, P04, P05, P06. This PWM also supports low frequencies below 1 kHz.

If you select any of the P03, P04, P05, P06 pins for PWM, you cannot use UART in your configuration because these pins use the same hardware resources.

CC2652 or CC1352

Hardware PWM on C2652 or CC1352 can work on any pin and does not have hardware restrictions.

Features

If a PWM output is linked to a corresponding input (e.g., Input 2 – Output 2), the input can control the PWM state:

1. If the “switch” option for a linked input is “off” and the “Linked input” option for the PWM output is “Changes level”, every click changes the PWM level value step-by-step (12 steps, cyclic, 0 – 20 – 40 .. 240 – 255 – 0).
2. If the “switch” option for a linked input is “off” and the “Linked input” option is “On/Off,” every click toggles the state of the PWM output from ON to OFF and vice versa. If you press and hold the linked button, the firmware will change the PWM level value step-by-step (12 steps, cyclic, 0 – 20 – 40 .. 240 – 255 0).
3. If the “switch” option for input is “on,” the switch changes the output state to on or off. The firmware can remember the PWM level before switching off and restore it after switching on. You can set the exact PWM level from a bounded control or a coordinator.

Transition – defines the time interval when the firmware smoothly changes the level value from 0 to 254. The firmware calculates the corresponding time interval for short transitions. If the transition time is zero, the firmware immediately changes the PWM level.

Linked input – change the mode if a linked push button.

Remember state – the firmware saves the last state of the PWM output and restores it after power loss.

Inverted – if this option is on, the firmware decreases the duty cycle of a PWM output. So, the maximum level means the permanent LOW state of a PWM output.

Minimum, Maximum – you can define limits of PWM signal width. Default values are 0 and 255. You can use these limits if your device only accepts impulses with a limited width.

Shift (Offset) – the additional offset value for the PWM signal width from -127 to +127. The default value is 0. It can be useful if your device does not react to impulses with a width in a some range.

Zigbee cluster: ZCL_CLUSTER_ID_GEN_LEVEL_CONTROL
Zigbee attributes: ATTRID_LEVEL_CURRENT_LEVEL (uint8)
Zigbee commands: read, write, moveToLevel, moveToLevelWithOff

Zigbee cluster: ZCL_CLUSTER_ID_GEN_ANALOG_INPUT_BASIC
Zigbee attributes: ATTRID_IOV_BASIC_PRESENT_VALUE (float, range: 0-255)
Zigbee commands: read, write

Zigbee2MQTT commands

on/off - Look for commands and examples for GPIO outputs.

write - sets the PWM duty cycle.
Topic: zigbee2mqtt/[friedly_name]/[channel]/set/brightness
Channel: l1, l2, l3 … l16
Payload: value

Topic: zigbee2mqtt/[friedly_name]/set/[channel]
Channel: l1, l2, l3 … l16
Payload: {"brightness": value, "transition": 3}
value - 0 .. 254.
transition - (optional) the transition time in seconds between states.

read - reads the current value
Topic: zigbee2mqtt/[friedly_name]/[channel]/get/brightness
Payload: none
Returns: {"brightness_[channel]": value}