Re: [PATCH v1 08/13] dt-bindings: iio: adc: adi,ad4134: Document SPI connection mode
From: Marcelo Schmitt
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 11:37:18 EST
On 09/06, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 19:06:44 -0300
> Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 09/04, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> > > On 09/03, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 02:24:02PM -0300, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> > > > > Document how AD4134 chips are connected to the host SPI controller
> > > > > according to different wiring configurations.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > .../bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad4134.yaml | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad4134.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad4134.yaml
> > > > > index ea6d7e026419..d843c02a394a 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad4134.yaml
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad4134.yaml
> > > > > @@ -131,6 +131,28 @@ properties:
> > > > > enum: [ free-running, gated ]
> > > > > default: gated
> > > > >
> > > > > + adi,spi-mode:
> > > > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> > > > > + enum: [ no-cs, 4-wire, one-channel-chain, two-channel-chain ]
> > > > > + description: |
> > > > > + This property indicates the SPI wiring configuration.
> > > > > +
> > > > > + When this property is omitted, it is assumed that the device is using
> > > > > + 'no-cs' wiring. When this property is present, it indicates that the
> > > > > + device is using one of the following wiring configurations:
> > > ...
> > > > I'd also really appreciate a dts example for a system
> > > > with one-channel-chain or two-channel-chain looks, given the second
> > > > device may require different supplies etc. I have no impression in my
> > > > head of how the dt would be constructed, so I'd like to see wht you have
> > > > in mind.
> > >
> > ...
> >
> > Realized what I said doesn't make much sense. The peripherals can all have
> > the same configuration and thus share CS, SCLK, and controller SDO. The wiring
> > would be like the following
>
> That mux in the middle is controlled how?
The mux is controlled by a GPIO. I ended up drawing the GPIO among SPI lines in the
connection diagram but the mux controll signal is not part of the SPI controller.
> I'd assume we still have separate chip selects and SDO/SDI shared. So I'd expect
> those to be on one SPI bus and the data to be going into separate buses
> (maybe all that can be hidden in the backend, not sure).
>
> Or are you suggesting we are just letting all the chained devices see the
> same register writes? That might work I guess with no ability to read any register
> state back other than for first device.
Correct, that's the proposed configuration for daisy-chaining. Since all
peripherals will receive the same write commands they shall all retain the same
register configurations (except maybe for error indication registers). Reading
from the topmost device in the chain would be enough to figure out the status
of the other chained devices.
> If you want to do the
> mux magic below you are going to need to treat it as an SPI mux - just with
> some lines shared. That means this device ends up split into multiple device
> (even if only one ad4134 which is messy).
You mean spi-mux.yaml/spi-mux.c? So the goal/intent would be to have one IIO
device for each peripheral in the chain? I think that would also work. Though,
the only device bringing ADC sample data is the topmost one so that would be
the only one buffer capable.
>
> So to me this has a simple SPI bus, potentially connected to multiple devices
> and an IIO backend that deals with DOUT0 etc and the chaining.
Yeah, the benefit of having the mux is being able to connect both AD4134
interfaces to a single bus while being able to have ADC sample data on all SDI
lines as the diagrams in patch 13.
Alternatively, we could have something like
+-------------+
+----------------------+ | DATA HOST |
| AD4134 | | |
| | | |
|Data interface DOUT0 |----------------------------------->| SDI1 |
|for ADC data DOUT1 |----------------------------------->| SDI2 |
|sample read DOUT2 |----------------------------------->| SDI3 |
| DOUT3 |----------------------------------->| SDI4 |
| DCLK |<--------------+ +---------->| CS |
| ODR |<------------+ | | +-------->| SCLK |
| | | | | | +------>| SDO |
| | | | | | | +---->| SDI |
| SPI interface CS |<-------+ | +--------|-|-|-|-----| DCLK |
| for register SCLK |<-----+ | | | | | | | |
| access SDI |<---+ | | | | | | | | TRIGGER |
| SDO |--+ | | | | | | | | +-------------+
+----------------------+ | | | | +----------|-|-|-|---------+
| | | +---------------+ | | |
| | +-------------------+ | |
| +-----------------------+ |
+---------------------------+
The downside of the above is we would need an SPI_MULTI_LANE_MODE_STRIPE to read
only from SDI1 to SDI4.
>
> Jonathan
>
> >
> > ::
> >
> > +-----------------------+ +-----------------+
> > | AD4134 | | SPI Controller |
> > | | | |
> > | | | |
> > | SPI interface SCLK |<--------------------+---------| SCLK |
> > | for register CS |<--------------------|-+-------| CS |
> > | access SDI |<--------------------|-|-+-----| SDO |
> > | SDO |------->|¯¯¯¯\ | | | | |
> > | | |MUX >------|-|-|---->| SDI0 |
> > | Data interface DOUT0 |------->|____/<------|-|-|---- | GPIO |
> > | for ADC sample DOUT1 |---------------------|-|-|---->| SDI1 |
> > | data read DCLK |<-------------+------|-|-|-----| DCLK |
> > | DOUT2 |<-+ | | | | | |
> > | DOUT3 |<-|-+ | | | | | |
> > | ODR |<-|-|---------|--+ | | | +->| Offload Trigger |
> > +-----------------------+ | | | | | | | | +-----------------+
> > | | | | | | | +--| PWM1 |
> > | | | +---| | | ----| PWM0 |
> > | | | | | | | +-----------------+
> > | | | | | | |
> > +-----------------------+ | | | | | | |
> > | AD4134 | | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | | | |
> > | SPI interface | | | | | | | |
> > | for register SCLK |<-|-|---------|--|---+ | |
> > | access CS |<-|-|---------|--|---|-+ |
> > | SDI |<-|-|---------|--|---|-|-+
> > | SDO | | | | | | | |
> > | Data interface | | | | | | | |
> > | for ADC sample DOUT0 |--+ | | | | | |
> > | data read DOUT1 |----+ | | | | |
> > | DOUT2 |<-+ | | | | |
> > | DOUT3 |<-|-+ | | | | |
> > | DCLK |<-|-|---------+ | | | |
> > | ODR |<-|-|---------|--+ | | |
> > +-----------------------+ | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | |
> > +-----------------------+ | | | | | | |
> > | AD4134 | | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | | | |
> > | | | | | | | | |
> > | SPI interface SCLK |<-|-|---------|--|---+ | |
> > | for register CS |<-|-|---------|--|-----+ |
> > | access SDI |<-|-|---------|--|-------+
> > | | | | | |
> > | Data interface | | | | |
> > | for ADC sample DOUT0 |--+ | | |
> > | data read DOUT1 |----+ | |
> > | DOUT2 | | |
> > | DOUT3 | | |
> > | DCLK |<-------------+ |
> > | ODR |<----------------+
> > +-----------------------+
> >
> >
> > So we would set them as only one daisy-chained device.
> >
> > spi {
> > ...
> > adc@0 {
> > compatible = "adi,ad4134";
> > reg = <0>;
> > spi-rx-bus-width = <1>, <1>; /* 2 lanes of 1 bit each */
> >
> > <supplies, clock, and other properties ...>
> >
> > #daisy-chained-devices = <2>;
> >
> > adi,spi-mode = "two-channel-chain";
> > };
> > };
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marcelo
>