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authorPer Dalén <per.dalen@appeartv.com>2011-04-06 14:29:44 -0400
committerGuenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>2011-05-19 11:19:32 -0400
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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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1Kernel driver max6642
2=====================
3
4Supported 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
11Authors:
12 Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com>
13
14Description
15-----------
16
17The MAX6642 is a digital temperature sensor. It senses its own temperature as
18well as the temperature on one external diode.
19
20All temperature values are given in degrees Celsius. Resolution
21is 0.25 degree for the local temperature and for the remote temperature.