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authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2009-08-21 01:49:25 +0400
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hwmon: Driver for Texas Instruments INA209
Add support for the TI / Burr-Brown INA209 voltage / current / power monitor. Cc: Paul Hays <haysp@magma.net> Cc: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Tested-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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+Kernel driver ina209
+=====================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Burr-Brown / Texas Instruments INA209
+ Prefix: 'ina209'
+ Addresses scanned: -
+ Datasheet:
+ http://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/ina209
+
+Author: Paul Hays <Paul.Hays@cattail.ca>
+Author: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
+Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The TI / Burr-Brown INA209 monitors voltage, current, and power on the high side
+of a D.C. power supply. It can perform measurements and calculations in the
+background to supply readings at any time. It includes a programmable
+calibration multiplier to scale the displayed current and power values.
+
+
+Sysfs entries
+-------------
+
+The INA209 chip is highly configurable both via hardwiring and via
+the I2C bus. See the datasheet for details.
+
+This tries to expose most monitoring features of the hardware via
+sysfs. It does not support every feature of this chip.
+
+
+in0_input shunt voltage (mV)
+in0_input_highest shunt voltage historical maximum reading (mV)
+in0_input_lowest shunt voltage historical minimum reading (mV)
+in0_reset_history reset shunt voltage history
+in0_max shunt voltage max alarm limit (mV)
+in0_min shunt voltage min alarm limit (mV)
+in0_crit_max shunt voltage crit max alarm limit (mV)
+in0_crit_min shunt voltage crit min alarm limit (mV)
+in0_max_alarm shunt voltage max alarm limit exceeded
+in0_min_alarm shunt voltage min alarm limit exceeded
+in0_crit_max_alarm shunt voltage crit max alarm limit exceeded
+in0_crit_min_alarm shunt voltage crit min alarm limit exceeded
+
+in1_input bus voltage (mV)
+in1_input_highest bus voltage historical maximum reading (mV)
+in1_input_lowest bus voltage historical minimum reading (mV)
+in1_reset_history reset bus voltage history
+in1_max bus voltage max alarm limit (mV)
+in1_min bus voltage min alarm limit (mV)
+in1_crit_max bus voltage crit max alarm limit (mV)
+in1_crit_min bus voltage crit min alarm limit (mV)
+in1_max_alarm bus voltage max alarm limit exceeded
+in1_min_alarm bus voltage min alarm limit exceeded
+in1_crit_max_alarm bus voltage crit max alarm limit exceeded
+in1_crit_min_alarm bus voltage crit min alarm limit exceeded
+
+power1_input power measurement (uW)
+power1_input_highest power historical maximum reading (uW)
+power1_reset_history reset power history
+power1_max power max alarm limit (uW)
+power1_crit power crit alarm limit (uW)
+power1_max_alarm power max alarm limit exceeded
+power1_crit_alarm power crit alarm limit exceeded
+
+curr1_input current measurement (mA)
+
+update_interval data conversion time; affects number of samples used
+ to average results for shunt and bus voltages.
+
+General Remarks
+---------------
+
+The power and current registers in this chip require that the calibration
+register is programmed correctly before they are used. Normally this is expected
+to be done in the BIOS. In the absence of BIOS programming, the shunt resistor
+voltage can be provided using platform data. The driver uses platform data from
+the ina2xx driver for this purpose. If calibration register data is not provided
+via platform data, the driver checks if the calibration register has been
+programmed (ie has a value not equal to zero). If so, this value is retained.
+Otherwise, a default value reflecting a shunt resistor value of 10 mOhm is
+programmed into the calibration register.
+
+
+Output Pins
+-----------
+
+Output pin programming is a board feature which depends on the BIOS. It is
+outside the scope of a hardware monitoring driver to enable or disable output
+pins.