An ADC is often used to measure other quantities indirectly. This binding describe one case, the measurement of a temperature through a temperature transducer (either voltage or current). Signed-off-by: Liam Beguin <liambeguin@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> --- .../iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml | 114 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 114 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cfbf5350db27 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause) +%YAML 1.2 +--- +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/iio/afe/temperature-transducer.yaml# +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# + +title: Temperature Transducer + +maintainers: + - Liam Beguin <liambeguin@xxxxxxxxx> + +description: | + A temperature transducer is a device that converts a thermal quantity + into any other physical quantity. This binding applies to temperature to + voltage (like the LTC2997), and temperature to current (like the AD590) + linear transducers. + In both cases these are assumed to be connected to a voltage ADC. + + When an io-channel measures the output voltage of a temperature analog front + end such as a temperature transducer, the interesting measurement is almost + always the corresponding temperature, not the voltage output. This binding + describes such a circuit. + + The general transfer function here is (using SI units) + V(T) = Rsense * Isense(T) + T = (Isense(T) / alpha) + offset + T = 1 / (Rsense * alpha) * (V + offset * Rsense * alpha) + + When using a temperature to voltage transducer, Rsense is set to 1. + + The following circuits show a temperature to current and a temperature to + voltage transducer that can be used with this binding. + + VCC + ----- + | + +---+---+ + | AD590 | VCC + +---+---+ ----- + | | + V proportional to T +----+----+ + | D+ --+ | + +---- Vout | LTC2997 +--- Vout + | D- --+ | + +---+----+ +---------+ + | Rsense | | + +---+----+ ----- + | GND + ----- + GND + +properties: + compatible: + const: temperature-transducer + + io-channels: + maxItems: 1 + description: | + Channel node of a voltage io-channel. + + '#io-channel-cells': + const: 0 + + sense-offset-millicelsius: + description: | + Temperature offset. + This offset is commonly used to convert from Kelvins to degrees Celsius. + In that case, sense-offset-millicelsius would be set to <(-273150)>. + default: 0 + + sense-resistor-ohms: + description: | + The sense resistor. + By default sense-resistor-ohms cancels out the resistor making the + circuit behave like a temperature transducer. + default: 1 + + alpha-ppm-per-celsius: + description: | + Sometimes referred to as output gain, slope, or temperature coefficient. + + alpha is expressed in parts per million which can be micro-amps per + degrees Celsius or micro-volts per degrees Celsius. The is the main + characteristic of a temperature transducer and should be stated in the + datasheet. + +additionalProperties: false + +required: + - compatible + - io-channels + - alpha-ppm-per-celsius + +examples: + - | + ad950: temperature-sensor-0 { + compatible = "temperature-transducer"; + #io-channel-cells = <0>; + io-channels = <&temp_adc 3>; + + sense-offset-millicelsius = <(-273150)>; /* Kelvin to degrees Celsius */ + sense-resistor-ohms = <8060>; + alpha-ppm-per-celsius = <1>; /* 1 uA/K */ + }; + - | + znq_tmp: temperature-sensor-1 { + compatible = "temperature-transducer"; + #io-channel-cells = <0>; + io-channels = <&temp_adc 2>; + + sense-offset-millicelsius = <(-273150)>; /* Kelvin to degrees Celsius */ + alpha-ppm-per-celsius = <4000>; /* 4 mV/K */ + }; +... -- 2.34.0
