linux/Documentation/hwmon/lm70
Kaiwan N Billimoria e1a8e913f9 [PATCH] lm70: New hardware monitoring driver
This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM70
temperature sensor.

The LM70 temperature sensor chip supports a single temperature sensor.
It communicates with a host processor (or microcontroller) via an
SPI/Microwire Bus interface.

Communication with the LM70 is simple: when the temperature is to be sensed,
the driver accesses the LM70 using SPI communication: 16 SCLK cycles
comprise the MOSI/MISO loop. At the end of the transfer, the 11-bit 2's
complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the
driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core
SPI support.

Signed-off-by: Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-22 11:10:35 -07:00

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Kernel driver lm70
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Supported chip:
* National Semiconductor LM70
Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html
Author:
Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com>
Description
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This driver implements support for the National Semiconductor LM70
temperature sensor.
The LM70 temperature sensor chip supports a single temperature sensor.
It communicates with a host processor (or microcontroller) via an
SPI/Microwire Bus interface.
Communication with the LM70 is simple: when the temperature is to be sensed,
the driver accesses the LM70 using SPI communication: 16 SCLK cycles
comprise the MOSI/MISO loop. At the end of the transfer, the 11-bit 2's
complement digital temperature (sent via the SIO line), is available in the
driver for interpretation. This driver makes use of the kernel's in-core
SPI support.
Thanks to
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Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> for mentoring the hwmon-side driver
development.