From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-173.synserver.de ([212.40.185.173]:1079 "EHLO smtp-out-173.synserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751980AbbCXQC2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:02:28 -0400 Message-ID: <55118A93.5050202@metafoo.de> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:02:27 +0100 From: Lars-Peter Clausen MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?Vmlhbm5leSBsZSBDbMOpbWVudCBkZSBTYWludC1NYXJjcQ==?= , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org CC: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] iio: core: Introduce IIO_CHAN_INFO_EMISSIVITY References: <1427212459-31585-1-git-send-email-vianney.leclement@essensium.com> <1427212459-31585-5-git-send-email-vianney.leclement@essensium.com> In-Reply-To: <1427212459-31585-5-git-send-email-vianney.leclement@essensium.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On 03/24/2015 04:54 PM, Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq wrote: > Contact-less IR temperature sensors measure the temperature of an object > by using its thermal radiation. Surfaces with different emissivity > ratios emit different amounts of energy at the same temperature. > > IIO_CHAN_INFO_EMISSIVITY allows the user to inform the sensor of the > emissivity of the object in front of it, in order to effectively measure > its temperature. All the other attributes that need to be setup according to the object being measured start with the calib prefix. So maybe call this calibemissivity. - Lars