Kernel driver w1_therm

Supported chips:

  • Maxim ds18*20 based temperature sensors.

  • Maxim ds1825 based temperature sensors.

Author: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>

Description

w1_therm provides basic temperature conversion for ds18*20 devices, and the ds28ea00 device.

Supported family codes:

W1_THERM_DS18S20

0x10

W1_THERM_DS1822

0x22

W1_THERM_DS18B20

0x28

W1_THERM_DS1825

0x3B

W1_THERM_DS28EA00

0x42

Support is provided through the sysfs w1_slave file. Each open and read sequence will initiate a temperature conversion then provide two lines of ASCII output. The first line contains the nine hex bytes read along with a calculated crc value and YES or NO if it matched. If the crc matched the returned values are retained. The second line displays the retained values along with a temperature in millidegrees Centigrade after t=.

Parasite powered devices are limited to one slave performing a temperature conversion at a time. If none of the devices are parasite powered it would be possible to convert all the devices at the same time and then go back to read individual sensors. That isn't currently supported. The driver also doesn't support reduced precision (which would also reduce the conversion time) when reading values.

Writing a value between 9 and 12 to the sysfs w1_slave file will change the precision of the sensor for the next readings. This value is in (volatile) SRAM, so it is reset when the sensor gets power-cycled.

To store the current precision configuration into EEPROM, the value 0 has to be written to the sysfs w1_slave file. Since the EEPROM has a limited amount of writes (>50k), this command should be used wisely.

The module parameter strong_pullup can be set to 0 to disable the strong pullup, 1 to enable autodetection or 2 to force strong pullup. In case of autodetection, the driver will use the "READ POWER SUPPLY" command to check if there are pariste powered devices on the bus. If so, it will activate the master's strong pullup. In case the detection of parasite devices using this command fails (seems to be the case with some DS18S20) the strong pullup can be force-enabled.

If the strong pullup is enabled, the master's strong pullup will be driven when the conversion is taking place, provided the master driver does support the strong pullup (or it falls back to a pullup resistor). The DS18b20 temperature sensor specification lists a maximum current draw of 1.5mA and that a 5k pullup resistor is not sufficient. The strong pullup is designed to provide the additional current required.

The DS28EA00 provides an additional two pins for implementing a sequence detection algorithm. This feature allows you to determine the physical location of the chip in the 1-wire bus without needing pre-existing knowledge of the bus ordering. Support is provided through the sysfs w1_seq file. The file will contain a single line with an integer value representing the device index in the bus starting at 0.