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| Kernel driver lm73
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| ==================
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| 
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| Supported chips:
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|   * Texas Instruments LM73
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|     Prefix: 'lm73'
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|     Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4c, 0x4d, and 0x4e
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|     Datasheet: Publicly available at the Texas Instruments website
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|                http://www.ti.com/product/lm73
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| 
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| Author: Guillaume Ligneul <guillaume.ligneul@gmail.com>
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| Documentation: Chris Verges <kg4ysn@gmail.com>
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| 
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| 
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| Description
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| -----------
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| 
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| The LM73 is a digital temperature sensor.  All temperature values are
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| given in degrees Celsius.
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| 
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| Measurement Resolution Support
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| ------------------------------
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| 
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| The LM73 supports four resolutions, defined in terms of degrees C per
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| LSB: 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625, and 0.3125.  Changing the resolution mode
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| affects the conversion time of the LM73's analog-to-digital converter.
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| From userspace, the desired resolution can be specified as a function of
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| conversion time via the 'update_interval' sysfs attribute for the
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| device.  This attribute will normalize ranges of input values to the
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| maximum times defined for the resolution in the datasheet.
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| 
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|     Resolution    Conv. Time    Input Range
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|     (C/LSB)       (msec)        (msec)
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|     --------------------------------------
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|     0.25          14             0..14
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|     0.125         28            15..28
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|     0.0625        56            29..56
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|     0.03125       112           57..infinity
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|     --------------------------------------
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| 
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| The following examples show how the 'update_interval' attribute can be
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| used to change the conversion time:
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| 
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|     $ echo 0 > update_interval
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|     $ cat update_interval
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|     14
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|     $ cat temp1_input
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|     24250
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| 
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|     $ echo 22 > update_interval
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|     $ cat update_interval
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|     28
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|     $ cat temp1_input
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|     24125
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| 
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|     $ echo 56 > update_interval
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|     $ cat update_interval
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|     56
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|     $ cat temp1_input
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|     24062
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| 
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|     $ echo 85 > update_interval
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|     $ cat update_interval
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|     112
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|     $ cat temp1_input
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|     24031
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| 
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| As shown here, the lm73 driver automatically adjusts any user input for
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| 'update_interval' via a step function.  Reading back the
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| 'update_interval' value after a write operation will confirm the
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| conversion time actively in use.
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| 
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| Mathematically, the resolution can be derived from the conversion time
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| via the following function:
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| 
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|    g(x) = 0.250 * [log(x/14) / log(2)]
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| 
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| where 'x' is the output from 'update_interval' and 'g(x)' is the
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| resolution in degrees C per LSB.
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| 
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| Alarm Support
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| -------------
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| 
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| The LM73 features a simple over-temperature alarm mechanism.  This
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| feature is exposed via the sysfs attributes.
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| 
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| The attributes 'temp1_max_alarm' and 'temp1_min_alarm' are flags
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| provided by the LM73 that indicate whether the measured temperature has
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| passed the 'temp1_max' and 'temp1_min' thresholds, respectively.  These
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| values _must_ be read to clear the registers on the LM73.
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