diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | 52 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 index 447c0702c0ec..e98bd542a441 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 @@ -2,16 +2,21 @@ Kernel driver pcf8591 ===================== Supported chips: + * Philips/NXP PCF8591 + Prefix: 'pcf8591' + Addresses scanned: none + Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website - http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html + + http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html Authors: - Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> - valuable contributions by Jan M. Sendler <sendler@sendler.de>, - Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> + - Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> + - valuable contributions by Jan M. Sendler <sendler@sendler.de>, + - Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Description @@ -22,24 +27,25 @@ analog output) for the I2C bus produced by Philips Semiconductors (now NXP). It is designed to provide a byte I2C interface to up to 4 separate devices. The PCF8591 has 4 analog inputs programmable as single-ended or -differential inputs : +differential inputs: + - mode 0 : four single ended inputs - Pins AIN0 to AIN3 are single ended inputs for channels 0 to 3 + Pins AIN0 to AIN3 are single ended inputs for channels 0 to 3 - mode 1 : three differential inputs - Pins AIN3 is the common negative differential input - Pins AIN0 to AIN2 are positive differential inputs for channels 0 to 2 + Pins AIN3 is the common negative differential input + Pins AIN0 to AIN2 are positive differential inputs for channels 0 to 2 - mode 2 : single ended and differential mixed - Pins AIN0 and AIN1 are single ended inputs for channels 0 and 1 - Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 3 - Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 3 + Pins AIN0 and AIN1 are single ended inputs for channels 0 and 1 + Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 3 + Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 3 - mode 3 : two differential inputs - Pins AIN0 is the positive differential input for channel 0 - Pins AIN1 is the negative differential input for channel 0 - Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 1 - Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 1 + Pins AIN0 is the positive differential input for channel 0 + Pins AIN1 is the negative differential input for channel 0 + Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 1 + Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 1 See the datasheet for details. @@ -49,10 +55,11 @@ Module parameters * input_mode int Analog input mode: - 0 = four single ended inputs - 1 = three differential inputs - 2 = single ended and differential mixed - 3 = two differential inputs + + - 0 = four single ended inputs + - 1 = three differential inputs + - 2 = single ended and differential mixed + - 3 = two differential inputs Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface @@ -67,11 +74,12 @@ for details. Directories are being created for each instantiated PCF8591: /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ -where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0) -and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) + where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0) + and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) Inside these directories, there are such files: -in0_input, in1_input, in2_input, in3_input, out0_enable, out0_output, name + + in0_input, in1_input, in2_input, in3_input, out0_enable, out0_output, name Name contains chip name. |