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@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ Author: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Description
-----------
-w1_therm provides basic temperature conversion for ds18*20 devices.
+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
@@ -48,3 +50,10 @@ 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.