Variable frequency PWM on ESP32

I have been working on the following project that was created by Rui Santos and wanted to make some modifications. ESP32 Web Server Slider

In the code the frequency is set constant and the duty cycle is adjustable with a slider. I would like to add a slide that also adjusts the frequency from 100Hz to 10kHz.

    /*********
  Rui Santos
  Complete project details at https://RandomNerdTutorials.com/esp32-web-server-slider-pwm/
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files.
  
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  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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// Import required libraries
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <AsyncTCP.h>
#include <ESPAsyncWebServer.h>

// Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid = "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_SSID";
const char* password = "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_PASSWORD";

const int output = 2;

String sliderValue = "0";

// setting PWM properties
const int freq = 5000;
const int ledChannel = 0;
const int resolution = 8;

const char* PARAM_INPUT = "value";

// Create AsyncWebServer object on port 80
AsyncWebServer server(80);

const char index_html[] PROGMEM = R"rawliteral(
<!DOCTYPE HTML><html>
<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>ESP Web Server</title>
  <style>
    html {font-family: Arial; display: inline-block; text-align: center;}
    h2 {font-size: 2.3rem;}
    p {font-size: 1.9rem;}
    body {max-width: 400px; margin:0px auto; padding-bottom: 25px;}
    .slider { -webkit-appearance: none; margin: 14px; width: 360px; height: 25px; background: #FFD65C;
      outline: none; -webkit-transition: .2s; transition: opacity .2s;}
    .slider::-webkit-slider-thumb {-webkit-appearance: none; appearance: none; width: 35px; height: 35px; background: #003249; cursor: pointer;}
    .slider::-moz-range-thumb { width: 35px; height: 35px; background: #003249; cursor: pointer; } 
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>ESP Web Server</h2>
  <p><span id="textSliderValue">%SLIDERVALUE%</span></p>
  <p><input type="range" onchange="updateSliderPWM(this)" id="pwmSlider" min="0" max="255" value="%SLIDERVALUE%" step="1" class="slider"></p>
<script>
function updateSliderPWM(element) {
  var sliderValue = document.getElementById("pwmSlider").value;
  document.getElementById("textSliderValue").innerHTML = sliderValue;
  console.log(sliderValue);
  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xhr.open("GET", "/slider?value="+sliderValue, true);
  xhr.send();
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
)rawliteral";

// Replaces placeholder with button section in your web page
String processor(const String& var){
  //Serial.println(var);
  if (var == "SLIDERVALUE"){
    return sliderValue;
  }
  return String();
}

void setup(){
  // Serial port for debugging purposes
  Serial.begin(115200);
  
  // configure LED PWM functionalitites
  ledcSetup(ledChannel, freq, resolution);
  
  // attach the channel to the GPIO to be controlled
  ledcAttachPin(output, ledChannel);
  
  ledcWrite(ledChannel, sliderValue.toInt());

  // Connect to Wi-Fi
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(1000);
    Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi..");
  }

  // Print ESP Local IP Address
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());

  // Route for root / web page
  server.on("/", HTTP_GET, [](AsyncWebServerRequest *request){
    request->send_P(200, "text/html", index_html, processor);
  });

  // Send a GET request to <ESP_IP>/slider?value=<inputMessage>
  server.on("/slider", HTTP_GET, [] (AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
    String inputMessage;
    // GET input1 value on <ESP_IP>/slider?value=<inputMessage>
    if (request->hasParam(PARAM_INPUT)) {
      inputMessage = request->getParam(PARAM_INPUT)->value();
      sliderValue = inputMessage;
      ledcWrite(ledChannel, sliderValue.toInt());
    }
    else {
      inputMessage = "No message sent";
    }
    Serial.println(inputMessage);
    request->send(200, "text/plain", "OK");
  });
  
  // Start server
  server.begin();
}
  
void loop() {
  
}

Solution

It seems the Arduino interface to ESP32 PWM is not really documented, but if you look at the relevant header and source then you'll find a function ledcChangeFrequency() which seems to do the trick.

const double newFreq = ledcChangeFrequency(ledChannel, freq, resolution);
serial.println(newFreq);