Re: [PATCH 0/3] iio: temperature: Add support for P3T1085

[Frank Li <Frank.li@nxp.com>]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 07:49:54AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/8/24 07:28, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:02:26 -0500
> > Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Add basic function support for P3T1085 temperature sensor.
> > > - Add binding doc trivial.yaml
> > > - Add basic read temperature driver
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > For a simple temperature sensor the usual question is why IIO rather
> > than hwmon?
> >
>
> From looking into the datasheet, this is a chip which will be typically
> used for hardware monitoring.
>
> > Previous reasons have been:
> > - Very high performmance / accuracy part (i.e. expensive)
>
> 0.25 Hz ... 16 Hz sampling rate. No.
>
> > - Remote temperature so not typically hw monitoring.
>
> Local only.
>
> > - Same silicon with a more complex sensor (typically humidity or similar).
> >
> No.
>
> It looks like the I2C part of the chip is is compatible to TMP108, so
> another question would be why to implement a new driver in the first place.

Thanks, let me check TMP108.

Frank
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> Guenter
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