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author | Per Dalén <per.dalen@appeartv.com> | 2011-04-06 14:29:44 -0400 |
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committer | Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> | 2011-05-19 11:19:32 -0400 |
commit | 83bffbce745795572d20f0109395cb61690c6dcf (patch) | |
tree | 1b57eaf9363e5dee1354c385372e50be3a11472a /Documentation/hwmon | |
parent | 61c4f2c81c61f73549928dfd9f3e8f26aa36a8cf (diff) |
hwmon: Add support for MAX6642
MAX6642 is a SMBus-Compatible Remote/Local Temperature Sensor with
Overtemperature Alarm from Maxim.
Signed-off-by: Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
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1 | Kernel driver max6642 | ||
2 | ===================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | Supported chips: | ||
5 | * Maxim MAX6642 | ||
6 | Prefix: 'max6642' | ||
7 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48-0x4f | ||
8 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website | ||
9 | http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6642.pdf | ||
10 | |||
11 | Authors: | ||
12 | Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com> | ||
13 | |||
14 | Description | ||
15 | ----------- | ||
16 | |||
17 | The MAX6642 is a digital temperature sensor. It senses its own temperature as | ||
18 | well as the temperature on one external diode. | ||
19 | |||
20 | All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution | ||
21 | is 0.25 degree for the local temperature and for the remote temperature. | ||