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Rename PWM and DutyCycle classes

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#8,480 opened on Dec 14, 2025

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2027good first issuetype: chore

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Description

It can be really confusing to users, because PWM is an output class, whereas DutyCycle is an input class.

These should be something like PWMOutput and DutyCycleInput

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Research direction
Search for all occurrences of 'PWM' and 'DutyCycle' in the codebase, rename the classes to 'PWMOutput' and 'DutyCycleInput' respectively, and update all references and includes.
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Refactor
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Clear
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basic programmingfamiliarity with C++
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90