7 Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4f
8 Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website
9 http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html
12 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
13 valuable contributions by Jan M. Sendler <sendler@sendler.de>,
14 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
20 The PCF8591 is an 8-bit A/D and D/A converter (4 analog inputs and one
21 analog output) for the I2C bus produced by Philips Semiconductors (now NXP).
22 It is designed to provide a byte I2C interface to up to 4 separate devices.
24 The PCF8591 has 4 analog inputs programmable as single-ended or
26 - mode 0 : four single ended inputs
27 Pins AIN0 to AIN3 are single ended inputs for channels 0 to 3
29 - mode 1 : three differential inputs
30 Pins AIN3 is the common negative differential input
31 Pins AIN0 to AIN2 are positive differential inputs for channels 0 to 2
33 - mode 2 : single ended and differential mixed
34 Pins AIN0 and AIN1 are single ended inputs for channels 0 and 1
35 Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 3
36 Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 3
38 - mode 3 : two differential inputs
39 Pins AIN0 is the positive differential input for channel 0
40 Pins AIN1 is the negative differential input for channel 0
41 Pins AIN2 is the positive differential input for channel 1
42 Pins AIN3 is the negative differential input for channel 1
44 See the datasheet for details.
52 0 = four single ended inputs
53 1 = three differential inputs
54 2 = single ended and differential mixed
55 3 = two differential inputs
58 Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface
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62 The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Stupid chip.
63 So every chip with address in the interval [0x48..0x4f] is
64 detected as PCF8591. If you have other chips in this address
65 range, the workaround is to load this module after the one
66 for your others chips.
68 On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being
69 created for each detected PCF8591:
71 /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/
72 where <0> is the bus the chip was detected on (e. g. i2c-0)
73 and <1> the chip address ([48..4f])
75 Inside these directories, there are such files:
76 in0_input, in1_input, in2_input, in3_input, out0_enable, out0_output, name
78 Name contains chip name.
80 The in0_input, in1_input, in2_input and in3_input files are RO. Reading gives
81 the value of the corresponding channel. Depending on the current analog inputs
82 configuration, files in2_input and in3_input may not exist. Values range
83 from 0 to 255 for single ended inputs and -128 to +127 for differential inputs
86 The out0_enable file is RW. Reading gives "1" for analog output enabled and
87 "0" for analog output disabled. Writing accepts "0" and "1" accordingly.
89 The out0_output file is RW. Writing a number between 0 and 255 (8-bit DAC), send
90 the value to the digital-to-analog converter. Note that a voltage will
91 only appears on AOUT pin if aout0_enable equals 1. Reading returns the last