linux/Documentation/hwmon/lm73.rst
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   1Kernel driver lm73
   2==================
   3
   4Supported chips:
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   6  * Texas Instruments LM73
   7
   8    Prefix: 'lm73'
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  10    Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4c, 0x4d, and 0x4e
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  12    Datasheet: Publicly available at the Texas Instruments website
  13
  14               https://www.ti.com/product/lm73
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  16
  17Author: Guillaume Ligneul <guillaume.ligneul@gmail.com>
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  19Documentation: Chris Verges <kg4ysn@gmail.com>
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  22Description
  23-----------
  24
  25The LM73 is a digital temperature sensor.  All temperature values are
  26given in degrees Celsius.
  27
  28Measurement Resolution Support
  29------------------------------
  30
  31The LM73 supports four resolutions, defined in terms of degrees C per
  32LSB: 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625, and 0.3125.  Changing the resolution mode
  33affects the conversion time of the LM73's analog-to-digital converter.
  34From userspace, the desired resolution can be specified as a function of
  35conversion time via the 'update_interval' sysfs attribute for the
  36device.  This attribute will normalize ranges of input values to the
  37maximum times defined for the resolution in the datasheet.
  38
  39    ============= ============= ============
  40    Resolution    Conv. Time    Input Range
  41    (C/LSB)       (msec)        (msec)
  42    ============= ============= ============
  43    0.25          14             0..14
  44    0.125         28            15..28
  45    0.0625        56            29..56
  46    0.03125       112           57..infinity
  47    ============= ============= ============
  48
  49The following examples show how the 'update_interval' attribute can be
  50used to change the conversion time::
  51
  52    $ echo 0 > update_interval
  53    $ cat update_interval
  54    14
  55    $ cat temp1_input
  56    24250
  57
  58    $ echo 22 > update_interval
  59    $ cat update_interval
  60    28
  61    $ cat temp1_input
  62    24125
  63
  64    $ echo 56 > update_interval
  65    $ cat update_interval
  66    56
  67    $ cat temp1_input
  68    24062
  69
  70    $ echo 85 > update_interval
  71    $ cat update_interval
  72    112
  73    $ cat temp1_input
  74    24031
  75
  76As shown here, the lm73 driver automatically adjusts any user input for
  77'update_interval' via a step function.  Reading back the
  78'update_interval' value after a write operation will confirm the
  79conversion time actively in use.
  80
  81Mathematically, the resolution can be derived from the conversion time
  82via the following function:
  83
  84   g(x) = 0.250 * [log(x/14) / log(2)]
  85
  86where 'x' is the output from 'update_interval' and 'g(x)' is the
  87resolution in degrees C per LSB.
  88
  89Alarm Support
  90-------------
  91
  92The LM73 features a simple over-temperature alarm mechanism.  This
  93feature is exposed via the sysfs attributes.
  94
  95The attributes 'temp1_max_alarm' and 'temp1_min_alarm' are flags
  96provided by the LM73 that indicate whether the measured temperature has
  97passed the 'temp1_max' and 'temp1_min' thresholds, respectively.  These
  98values _must_ be read to clear the registers on the LM73.
  99