06 Nov, 2015

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17 Aug, 2015

3 commits

  • Previously, period_ns and duty_ns were only used to determine the
    ratio of ON and OFF time, the default frequency of 200 Hz was never
    changed.
    The PCA9685 however is capable of changing the PWM output frequency,
    which is expected when changing the period.

    This patch configures the prescaler accordingly, using the formula
    and notes provided in the PCA9685 datasheet.
    Bounds checking for the minimum and maximum frequencies, last updated
    in revision v.4 of said datasheet, is also added.

    The prescaler is only touched if the period changed, because we have to
    put the chip into sleep mode to unlock the prescale register.
    If it is changed, the PWM output frequency changes for all outputs,
    because there is one prescaler per chip. This is documented in the
    PCA9685 datasheet and in the comments.

    If the duty cycle is not changed at the same time as the period, then
    we restart the PWM output using the duty cycle to period ratio from
    before the period change.
    When using LEDs for example, previously set brightness levels stay the
    same when the frequency changes.

    Cc: Thierry Reding
    Cc: Steffen Trumtrar
    Signed-off-by: Clemens Gruber
    Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

    Clemens Gruber
     
  • Problems:
    - When duty_ns == period_ns, the full OFF bit was not cleared and the
    PWM output of the PCA9685 stayed off.
    - When duty_ns == period_ns and the catch-all channel was used, the
    ALL_LED_OFF_L register was not cleared.
    - The full ON bit was not cleared when setting the OFF time, therefore
    the exact OFF time was ignored when setting a duty_ns < period_ns

    Solution: Clear both OFF registers when setting full ON and clear the
    full ON bit when changing the OFF registers.

    Cc: Thierry Reding
    Cc: Steffen Trumtrar
    Signed-off-by: Clemens Gruber
    Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

    Clemens Gruber
     
  • i2c_driver does not need to set an owner because i2c_register_driver()
    will set it.

    Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski
    Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

    Krzysztof Kozlowski
     

11 Mar, 2015

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27 Jun, 2013

1 commit


12 Jun, 2013

2 commits

  • Some drivers don't set the .owner fields of the struct device_driver or
    struct pwm_ops, which causes the module usage count to become wrong.

    Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

    Thierry Reding
     
  • Add pwm driver for the NXP pca9685 16 channel pwm-led controller.

    The driver is really barebones at this stage. E.g. the OE' pin and
    therefore the corresponding registers are not supported.
    The driver was tested on a HW where this pin is tied to GND.

    Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar
    [thierry.reding@gmail.com: style and whitespace cleanups]
    Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding

    Steffen Trumtrar