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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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4Kernel driver bh1770glc
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6
7Supported chips:
8
9- ROHM BH1770GLC
10- OSRAM SFH7770
11
12Data sheet:
13Not freely available
14
15Author:
16Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com>
17
18Description
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20BH1770GLC and SFH7770 are combined ambient light and proximity sensors.
21ALS and proximity parts operates on their own, but they shares common I2C
22interface and interrupt logic. In principle they can run on their own,
23but ALS side results are used to estimate reliability of the proximity sensor.
24
25ALS produces 16 bit lux values. The chip contains interrupt logic to produce
26low and high threshold interrupts.
27
28Proximity part contains IR-led driver up to 3 IR leds. The chip measures
29amount of reflected IR light and produces proximity result. Resolution is
308 bit. Driver supports only one channel. Driver uses ALS results to estimate
31reliability of the proximity results. Thus ALS is always running while
32proximity detection is needed.
33
34Driver uses threshold interrupts to avoid need for polling the values.
35Proximity low interrupt doesn't exists in the chip. This is simulated
36by using a delayed work. As long as there is proximity threshold above
37interrupts the delayed work is pushed forward. So, when proximity level goes
38below the threshold value, there is no interrupt and the delayed work will
39finally run. This is handled as no proximity indication.
40
41Chip state is controlled via runtime pm framework when enabled in config.
42
43Calibscale factor is used to hide differences between the chips. By default
44value set to neutral state meaning factor of 1.00. To get proper values,
45calibrated source of light is needed as a reference. Calibscale factor is set
46so that measurement produces about the expected lux value.
47
48SYSFS
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50
51chip_id
52	RO - shows detected chip type and version
53
54power_state
55	RW - enable / disable chip
56
57	Uses counting logic
58
59	     - 1 enables the chip
60	     - 0 disables the chip
61
62lux0_input
63	RO - measured lux value
64
65	     sysfs_notify called when threshold interrupt occurs
66
67lux0_sensor_range
68	RO - lux0_input max value
69
70lux0_rate
71	RW - measurement rate in Hz
72
73lux0_rate_avail
74	RO - supported measurement rates
75
76lux0_thresh_above_value
77	RW - HI level threshold value
78
79	     All results above the value
80	     trigs an interrupt. 65535 (i.e. sensor_range) disables the above
81	     interrupt.
82
83lux0_thresh_below_value
84	RW - LO level threshold value
85
86	     All results below the value
87	     trigs an interrupt. 0 disables the below interrupt.
88
89lux0_calibscale
90	RW - calibration value
91
92	     Set to neutral value by default.
93	     Output results are multiplied with calibscale / calibscale_default
94	     value.
95
96lux0_calibscale_default
97	RO - neutral calibration value
98
99prox0_raw
100	RO - measured proximity value
101
102	     sysfs_notify called when threshold interrupt occurs
103
104prox0_sensor_range
105	RO - prox0_raw max value
106
107prox0_raw_en
108	RW - enable / disable proximity
109
110	     Uses counting logic
111
112	     - 1 enables the proximity
113	     - 0 disables the proximity
114
115prox0_thresh_above_count
116	RW - number of proximity interrupts needed before triggering the event
117
118prox0_rate_above
119	RW - Measurement rate (in Hz) when the level is above threshold
120	i.e. when proximity on has been reported.
121
122prox0_rate_below
123	RW - Measurement rate (in Hz) when the level is below threshold
124	i.e. when proximity off has been reported.
125
126prox0_rate_avail
127	RO - Supported proximity measurement rates in Hz
128
129prox0_thresh_above0_value
130	RW - threshold level which trigs proximity events.
131
132	     Filtered by persistence filter (prox0_thresh_above_count)
133
134prox0_thresh_above1_value
135	RW - threshold level which trigs event immediately
136