From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
To: "Lars-Peter Clausen" <lars@metafoo.de>,
"Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq"
<vianney.leclement@essensium.com>,
linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" <arnout@mind.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] iio: core: Introduce IIO_CHAN_INFO_EMISSIVITY
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:45:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5516A261.3030000@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55118A93.5050202@metafoo.de>
On 24/03/15 16:02, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> 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.
Agreed. It's an internally applied calibration parameter (be it one that
is likely to change more than the average calibration!) so should have
the calib prefix.
Thanks,
Jonathan
> - Lars
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-28 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-24 15:54 [PATCH v2 0/7] iio: mlx90614 enhancements Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] iio: mlx90614: Refactor register symbols Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-28 12:40 ` Jonathan Cameron
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] iio: mlx90614: Add symbols for accessible registers Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] iio: mlx90614: Support devices with dual IR sensor Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-28 12:44 ` Jonathan Cameron
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] iio: core: Introduce IIO_CHAN_INFO_EMISSIVITY Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-24 16:02 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2015-03-28 12:45 ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] iio: mlx90614: Add emissivity setting Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-28 12:46 ` Jonathan Cameron
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] iio: mlx90614: Add power management Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-28 12:54 ` Jonathan Cameron
2015-03-24 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] iio: mlx90614: Check for errors in read values Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq
2015-03-28 13:43 ` Jonathan Cameron
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