| Kernel driver w1_therm |
| ==================== |
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| Supported chips: |
| * Maxim ds18*20 based temperature sensors. |
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| Author: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> |
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| Description |
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| w1_therm provides basic temperature conversion for ds18*20 devices. |
| supported family codes: |
| W1_THERM_DS18S20 0x10 |
| W1_THERM_DS1822 0x22 |
| W1_THERM_DS18B20 0x28 |
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| Support is provided through the sysfs w1_slave file. Each open and |
| read sequence will initiate a temperature conversion then provide two |
| lines of ASCII output. The first line contains the nine hex bytes |
| read along with a calculated crc value and YES or NO if it matched. |
| If the crc matched the returned values are retained. The second line |
| displays the retained values along with a temperature in millidegrees |
| Centigrade after t=. |
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| Parasite powered devices are limited to one slave performing a |
| temperature conversion at a time. If none of the devices are parasite |
| powered it would be possible to convert all the devices at the same |
| time and then go back to read individual sensors. That isn't |
| currently supported. The driver also doesn't support reduced |
| precision (which would also reduce the conversion time). |
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| The module parameter strong_pullup can be set to 0 to disable the |
| strong pullup or 1 to enable. If enabled the 5V strong pullup will be |
| enabled when the conversion is taking place provided the master driver |
| must support the strong pullup (or it falls back to a pullup |
| resistor). The DS18b20 temperature sensor specification lists a |
| maximum current draw of 1.5mA and that a 5k pullup resistor is not |
| sufficient. The strong pullup is designed to provide the additional |
| current required. |
