Based on kernel version 4.16.1. Page generated on 2018-04-09 11:53 EST.
1 Kernel driver w1_ds2438 2 ======================= 3 4 Supported chips: 5 * Maxim DS2438 Smart Battery Monitor 6 7 supported family codes: 8 W1_FAMILY_DS2438 0x26 9 10 Author: Mariusz Bialonczyk <manio@skyboo.net> 11 12 Description 13 ----------- 14 15 The DS2438 chip provides several functions that are desirable to carry in 16 a battery pack. It also has a 40 bytes of nonvolatile EEPROM. 17 Because the ability of temperature, current and voltage measurement, the chip 18 is also often used in weather stations and applications such as: rain gauge, 19 wind speed/direction measuring, humidity sensing, etc. 20 21 Current support is provided through the following sysfs files (all files 22 except "iad" are readonly): 23 24 "iad" 25 ----- 26 This file controls the 'Current A/D Control Bit' (IAD) in the 27 Status/Configuration Register. 28 Writing a zero value will clear the IAD bit and disables the current 29 measurements. 30 Writing value "1" is setting the IAD bit (enables the measurements). 31 The IAD bit is enabled by default in the DS2438. 32 33 When writing to sysfs file bits 2-7 are ignored, so it's safe to write ASCII. 34 An I/O error is returned when there is a problem setting the new value. 35 36 "page0" 37 ------- 38 This file provides full 8 bytes of the chip Page 0 (00h). 39 This page contains the most frequently accessed information of the DS2438. 40 Internally when this file is read, the additional CRC byte is also obtained 41 from the slave device. If it is correct, the 8 bytes page data are passed 42 to userspace, otherwise an I/O error is returned. 43 44 "temperature" 45 ------------- 46 Opening and reading this file initiates the CONVERT_T (temperature conversion) 47 command of the chip, afterwards the temperature is read from the device 48 registers and provided as an ASCII decimal value. 49 50 Important: The returned value has to be divided by 256 to get a real 51 temperature in degrees Celsius. 52 53 "vad", "vdd" 54 ------------ 55 Opening and reading this file initiates the CONVERT_V (voltage conversion) 56 command of the chip. 57 58 Depending on a sysfs filename a different input for the A/D will be selected: 59 vad: general purpose A/D input (VAD) 60 vdd: battery input (VDD) 61 62 After the voltage conversion the value is returned as decimal ASCII. 63 Note: The value is in mV, so to get a volts the value has to be divided by 10.