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Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 06:22:16 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
CC: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org,
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 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: Add tmp006 IR temperature sensor
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On 08/04/2013 03:39 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 07/29/13 23:28, Peter Meerwald wrote:
>> the TI TMP006 is a non-contact temperature sensor with I2C interface;
>> it measures the surface temperature of a distance object using a
>> thermophile to absorb IR energy emitted from the object
>>
>> the sensor has two channels: IR sensor voltage (16-bit) and reference
>> temperature of the chip (14-bit)
> Couple of nitpicks inline.
>
> I've cc'd lmsensors mostly to let them know I'm intending to take this into
> IIO.  It's clearly unconventional enough I would imagine it isn't going
> to get often used for hardware monitoring/
> Best to keep everyone informed (and check no one has strong views on
> this!)  We do have iio-hwmon these days if anyone does need that
> functionality.
>
Agreed.

Guenter