[PATCH 0/3] iio: magnetometer: add MEMSIC MMC5983MA driver

From: Vladislav Kulikov

Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 08:50:52 EST


Add an IIO driver for the MEMSIC MMC5983MA 3-axis magnetometer over
I2C. The driver provides raw magnetic field readings with per-measurement
SET/RESET offset cancellation, giving 18-bit output with a full-scale
range of +/-8 Gauss.

Tested on a Raspberry Pi 2B with the sensor on I2C-1 at 0x30.

The following chip features are intentionally left out of the initial
driver because the public datasheet does not provide enough detail to
expose them confidently through stable IIO ABI, or because they still
need more validation:

- SPI transport: deferred because SET/RESET polarity behavior has been
reported to differ between I2C and SPI, especially around SET/RESET
timing and/or SPI mode.
- Temperature channel: deferred until the temperature output behavior is
better validated.
- Continuous measurement mode and Auto SET/RESET: deferred because the
datasheet does not clearly define the interaction between CMM, TM_M,
Meas_M_Done, and SET/RESET sequencing.
- Saturation/self-test bits: deferred because the applied test field
strength and bit lifetime are not specified.
- BW/decimation filter tuning: only the documented measurement timing is
used; no filter response is exposed because the filter topology and
coefficients are not documented.

The driver uses a conservative 500 us post-SET/RESET delay before
starting the following measurement. The datasheet describes a 500 ns
SET/RESET coil pulse, but existing sample code and practical testing
indicate that a longer software delay is needed before taking the next
measurement.

Vladislav Kulikov (3):
dt-bindings: iio: magnetometer: add MEMSIC MMC5983MA
iio: magnetometer: add driver for MEMSIC MMC5983MA
MAINTAINERS: add entry for MEMSIC MMC5983MA magnetometer driver

.../iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml | 38 ++
MAINTAINERS | 7 +
drivers/iio/magnetometer/Kconfig | 11 +
drivers/iio/magnetometer/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/iio/magnetometer/mmc5983.c | 330 ++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 387 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml
create mode 100644 drivers/iio/magnetometer/mmc5983.c


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