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1 | Kernel driver lm70 | ||
2 | ================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | Supported chip: | ||
5 | * National Semiconductor LM70 | ||
6 | Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html | ||
7 | |||
8 | Author: | ||
9 | Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com> | ||
10 | |||
11 | Description | ||
12 | ----------- | ||
13 | |||
14 | This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM70 | ||
15 | temperature sensor. | ||
16 | |||
17 | The LM70 temperature sensor chip supports a single temperature sensor. | ||
18 | It communicates with a host processor (or microcontroller) via an | ||
19 | SPI/Microwire Bus interface. | ||
20 | |||
21 | Communication with the LM70 is simple: when the temperature is to be sensed, | ||
22 | the driver accesses the LM70 using SPI communication: 16 SCLK cycles | ||
23 | comprise the MOSI/MISO loop. At the end of the transfer, the 11-bit 2's | ||
24 | complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the | ||
25 | driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core | ||
26 | SPI support. | ||
27 | |||
28 | Thanks to | ||
29 | --------- | ||
30 | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> for mentoring the hwmon-side driver | ||
31 | development. | ||