Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: leds: add dt schema for worldsemi,ws2812b-spi
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Nov 30 2022 - 03:35:19 EST
On 30/11/2022 01:14, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
>>> + default-intensity:
>>> + description: |
>>> + An array of 3 integer specifying the default intensity of each color
>>> + components in this LED. <255 255 255> if unspecified.
>>> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
>>> + minItems: 3
>>
>> Drop minItems.... but:
>>
>>> + maxItems: 3
>>> + items:
>>> + minimum: 0
>>> + maximum: 255
>>
>> default: 255
>
> I would argue, that the default should be 0 (off) instead of 255
> (full power).
Yes.
>
>> What controls the intensity? Don't you have PWM there?
>
> WS2812 is a RGB led, which contains a small Microcontroller. The µC
> takes 24 byte intensity data from a serial input and then passes on
> any following bits to the next LED. SPI clk and chip-select are
> ignored (chip-select support can be trivially added though).
>
> You can find them everywhere nowadays, since they are quite cheap
> (a few cents per LED) and need only one MOSI pin to control hundreds
> of LEDs.
OK. This should be anyway existing property, so default-brightness.
Best regards,
Krzysztof