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Based on kernel version 4.16.1. Page generated on 2018-04-09 11:53 EST.

1	Kernel driver ntc_thermistor
2	=================
3	
4	Supported thermistors from Murata:
5	* Murata NTC Thermistors NCP15WB473, NCP18WB473, NCP21WB473, NCP03WB473,
6	  NCP15WL333, NCP03WF104, NCP15XH103
7	  Prefixes: 'ncp15wb473', 'ncp18wb473', 'ncp21wb473', 'ncp03wb473',
8	  'ncp15wl333', 'ncp03wf104', 'ncp15xh103'
9	  Datasheet: Publicly available at Murata
10	
11	Supported thermistors from EPCOS:
12	* EPCOS NTC Thermistors B57330V2103
13	  Prefixes: b57330v2103
14	  Datasheet: Publicly available at EPCOS
15	
16	Other NTC thermistors can be supported simply by adding compensation
17	tables; e.g., NCP15WL333 support is added by the table ncpXXwl333.
18	
19	Authors:
20		MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
21	
22	Description
23	-----------
24	
25	The NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor is a simple thermistor
26	that requires users to provide the resistance and lookup the corresponding
27	compensation table to get the temperature input.
28	
29	The NTC driver provides lookup tables with a linear approximation function
30	and four circuit models with an option not to use any of the four models.
31	
32	The four circuit models provided are:
33	
34		$: resister, [TH]: the thermistor
35	
36	 1. connect = NTC_CONNECTED_POSITIVE, pullup_ohm > 0
37	
38	   [pullup_uV]
39	       |    |
40	      [TH]  $ (pullup_ohm)
41	       |    |
42	       +----+-----------------------[read_uV]
43	       |
44	       $ (pulldown_ohm)
45	       |
46	      --- (ground)
47	
48	 2. connect = NTC_CONNECTED_POSITIVE, pullup_ohm = 0 (not-connected)
49	
50	   [pullup_uV]
51	       |
52	      [TH]
53	       |
54	       +----------------------------[read_uV]
55	       |
56	       $ (pulldown_ohm)
57	       |
58	      --- (ground)
59	
60	 3. connect = NTC_CONNECTED_GROUND, pulldown_ohm > 0
61	
62	   [pullup_uV]
63	       |
64	       $ (pullup_ohm)
65	       |
66	       +----+-----------------------[read_uV]
67	       |    |
68	      [TH]  $ (pulldown_ohm)
69	       |    |
70	      -------- (ground)
71	
72	 4. connect = NTC_CONNECTED_GROUND, pulldown_ohm = 0 (not-connected)
73	
74	   [pullup_uV]
75	       |
76	       $ (pullup_ohm)
77	       |
78	       +----------------------------[read_uV]
79	       |
80	      [TH]
81	       |
82	      --- (ground)
83	
84	When one of the four circuit models is used, read_uV, pullup_uV, pullup_ohm,
85	pulldown_ohm, and connect should be provided. When none of the four models
86	are suitable or the user can get the resistance directly, the user should
87	provide read_ohm and _not_ provide the others.
88	
89	Sysfs Interface
90	---------------
91	name		the mandatory global attribute, the thermistor name.
92	
93	temp1_type	always 4 (thermistor)
94			RO
95	
96	temp1_input	measure the temperature and provide the measured value.
97			(reading this file initiates the reading procedure.)
98			RO
99	
100	Note that each NTC thermistor has only _one_ thermistor; thus, only temp1 exists.
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