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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt b/kernel/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..92e68bce1 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +rotary-encoder - a generic driver for GPIO connected devices +Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>, Feb 2009 + +0. Function +----------- + +Rotary encoders are devices which are connected to the CPU or other +peripherals with two wires. The outputs are phase-shifted by 90 degrees +and by triggering on falling and rising edges, the turn direction can +be determined. + +Some encoders have both outputs low in stable states, whereas others also have +a stable state with both outputs high (half-period mode). + +The phase diagram of these two outputs look like this: + + _____ _____ _____ + | | | | | | + Channel A ____| |_____| |_____| |____ + + : : : : : : : : : : : : + __ _____ _____ _____ + | | | | | | | + Channel B |_____| |_____| |_____| |__ + + : : : : : : : : : : : : + Event a b c d a b c d a b c d + + |<-------->| + one step + + |<-->| + one step (half-period mode) + +For more information, please see + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_encoder + + +1. Events / state machine +------------------------- + +In half-period mode, state a) and c) above are used to determine the +rotational direction based on the last stable state. Events are reported in +states b) and d) given that the new stable state is different from the last +(i.e. the rotation was not reversed half-way). + +Otherwise, the following apply: + +a) Rising edge on channel A, channel B in low state + This state is used to recognize a clockwise turn + +b) Rising edge on channel B, channel A in high state + When entering this state, the encoder is put into 'armed' state, + meaning that there it has seen half the way of a one-step transition. + +c) Falling edge on channel A, channel B in high state + This state is used to recognize a counter-clockwise turn + +d) Falling edge on channel B, channel A in low state + Parking position. If the encoder enters this state, a full transition + should have happened, unless it flipped back on half the way. The + 'armed' state tells us about that. + +2. Platform requirements +------------------------ + +As there is no hardware dependent call in this driver, the platform it is +used with must support gpiolib. Another requirement is that IRQs must be +able to fire on both edges. + + +3. Board integration +-------------------- + +To use this driver in your system, register a platform_device with the +name 'rotary-encoder' and associate the IRQs and some specific platform +data with it. + +struct rotary_encoder_platform_data is declared in +include/linux/rotary-encoder.h and needs to be filled with the number of +steps the encoder has and can carry information about externally inverted +signals (because of an inverting buffer or other reasons). The encoder +can be set up to deliver input information as either an absolute or relative +axes. For relative axes the input event returns +/-1 for each step. For +absolute axes the position of the encoder can either roll over between zero +and the number of steps or will clamp at the maximum and zero depending on +the configuration. + +Because GPIO to IRQ mapping is platform specific, this information must +be given in separately to the driver. See the example below. + +---------<snip>--------- + +/* board support file example */ + +#include <linux/input.h> +#include <linux/rotary_encoder.h> + +#define GPIO_ROTARY_A 1 +#define GPIO_ROTARY_B 2 + +static struct rotary_encoder_platform_data my_rotary_encoder_info = { + .steps = 24, + .axis = ABS_X, + .relative_axis = false, + .rollover = false, + .gpio_a = GPIO_ROTARY_A, + .gpio_b = GPIO_ROTARY_B, + .inverted_a = 0, + .inverted_b = 0, + .half_period = false, +}; + +static struct platform_device rotary_encoder_device = { + .name = "rotary-encoder", + .id = 0, + .dev = { + .platform_data = &my_rotary_encoder_info, + } +}; + |