6 * National Semiconductor LM77
10 Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4b
12 Datasheet: Publicly available at the National Semiconductor website
14 http://www.national.com/
17 Author: Andras BALI <drewie@freemail.hu>
22 The LM77 implements one temperature sensor. The temperature
23 sensor incorporates a band-gap type temperature sensor,
24 10-bit ADC, and a digital comparator with user-programmable upper
25 and lower limit values.
27 The LM77 implements 3 limits: low (temp1_min), high (temp1_max) and
28 critical (temp1_crit.) It also implements an hysteresis mechanism which
29 applies to all 3 limits. The relative difference is stored in a single
30 register on the chip, which means that the relative difference between
31 the limit and its hysteresis is always the same for all 3 limits.
33 This implementation detail implies the following:
35 * When setting a limit, its hysteresis will automatically follow, the
36 difference staying unchanged. For example, if the old critical limit
37 was 80 degrees C, and the hysteresis was 75 degrees C, and you change
38 the critical limit to 90 degrees C, then the hysteresis will
39 automatically change to 85 degrees C.
40 * All 3 hysteresis can't be set independently. We decided to make
41 temp1_crit_hyst writable, while temp1_min_hyst and temp1_max_hyst are
42 read-only. Setting temp1_crit_hyst writes the difference between
43 temp1_crit_hyst and temp1_crit into the chip, and the same relative
44 hysteresis applies automatically to the low and high limits.
45 * The limits should be set before the hysteresis.