Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] pwm: pca9685: Support staggered output ON times

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Mon Mar 29 2021 - 13:04:45 EST


On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Clemens Gruber wrote:
> The PCA9685 supports staggered LED output ON times to minimize current
> surges and reduce EMI.
> When this new option is enabled, the ON times of each channel are
> delayed by channel number x counter range / 16, which avoids asserting
> all enabled outputs at the same counter value while still maintaining
> the configured duty cycle of each output.
>
> Signed-off-by: Clemens Gruber <clemens.gruber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Is there a reason to not want this staggered output? If it never hurts I
suggest to always stagger and drop the dt property.

Best regards
Uwe

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