7 Addresses scanned: none
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
59 -------------------------------------
61 The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Thus the driver won't even
62 try. You have to explicitly instantiate the device at the relevant
63 address (in the interval [0x48..0x4f]) either through platform data, or
64 using the sysfs interface. See Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices
67 Directories are being created for each instantiated PCF8591:
69 /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/
70 where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0)
71 and <1> the chip address ([48..4f])
73 Inside these directories, there are such files:
74 in0_input, in1_input, in2_input, in3_input, out0_enable, out0_output, name
76 Name contains chip name.
78 The in0_input, in1_input, in2_input and in3_input files are RO. Reading gives
79 the value of the corresponding channel. Depending on the current analog inputs
80 configuration, files in2_input and in3_input may not exist. Values range
81 from 0 to 255 for single ended inputs and -128 to +127 for differential inputs
84 The out0_enable file is RW. Reading gives "1" for analog output enabled and
85 "0" for analog output disabled. Writing accepts "0" and "1" accordingly.
87 The out0_output file is RW. Writing a number between 0 and 255 (8-bit DAC), send
88 the value to the digital-to-analog converter. Note that a voltage will
89 only appears on AOUT pin if aout0_enable equals 1. Reading returns the last