Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] dt-bindings: adc: ad7173: add support for ad411x

[David Lechner]

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 10:49 AM Ceclan, Dumitru
<mitrutzceclan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 16/05/2024 01:37, David Lechner wrote:
> > On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 2:23 AM Dumitru Ceclan via B4 Relay
> > <devnull+dumitru.ceclan.analog.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Dumitru Ceclan <dumitru.ceclan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Add support for: AD4111, AD4112, AD4114, AD4115, AD4116.
> >>
> >> AD411x family ADCs support a VCOM pin, dedicated for single-ended usage.
> >> AD4111/AD4112 support current channels, usage is implemented by
> >>  specifying channel reg values bigger than 15.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dumitru Ceclan <dumitru.ceclan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  .../devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7173.yaml    | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 117 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7173.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7173.yaml
> >> index ea6cfcd0aff4..6cc3514f5ed8 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7173.yaml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/adi,ad7173.yaml
> >> @@ -19,7 +19,18 @@ description: |
> >>    primarily for measurement of signals close to DC but also delivers
> >>    outstanding performance with input bandwidths out to ~10kHz.
> >>
> >> +  Analog Devices AD411x ADC's:
> >> +  The AD411X family encompasses a series of low power, low noise, 24-bit,
> >> +  sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters that offer a versatile range of
> >> +  specifications. They integrate an analog front end suitable for processing
> >> +  fully differential/single-ended and bipolar voltage inputs.
> >> +
> >>    Datasheets for supported chips:
> >> +    https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD4111.pdf
> >> +    https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD4112.pdf
> >> +    https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD4114.pdf
> >> +    https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD4115.pdf
> >> +    https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD4116.pdf
> >>      https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD7172-2.pdf
> >>      https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD7172-4.pdf
> >>      https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD7173-8.pdf
> >> @@ -31,6 +42,11 @@ description: |
> >>  properties:
> >>    compatible:
> >>      enum:
> >> +      - adi,ad4111
> >> +      - adi,ad4112
> >> +      - adi,ad4114
> >> +      - adi,ad4115
> >> +      - adi,ad4116
> >>        - adi,ad7172-2
> >>        - adi,ad7172-4
> >>        - adi,ad7173-8
> >> @@ -129,6 +145,31 @@ patternProperties:
> >>          maximum: 15
> >>
> >>        diff-channels:
> >> +        description: |
> >> +          For using current channels specify select the current inputs
> >> +           and enable the adi,current-channel property.
> >> +
> >> +          Family AD411x supports a dedicated VCOM voltage input.
> >
> > Did you mean VINCOM? Searching the datasheets for "VCOM" comes up empty.
> >
> Yep
> >> +          To select it set the second channel to 16.
> >> +            (VIN2, VCOM) -> diff-channels = <2 16>
> >
> > Jonathan mentioned this in v1 with regard to the current inputs, but
> > it applies here too. There is a new proposed single-channel property
> > [1] that would be preferred when an input is used as a single-ended or
> > pseudo-differential input (i.e. with VINCOM or ADCIN15).
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20240514120222.56488-5-alisa.roman@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> Yet here I thought that it was clear from previous conversations that
> we are not really dealing with a single-ended/pseudo-differential input,
> just a differential ADC that can be used in that manner.
>
> We do not have here such a clear cut case as with AD7194, where an input
> is dedicated for single-ended/pseudo usage. Here, the inputs are mix and
> match and single-ended/pseudo is obtainable with other pins than VINCOM/
> ADCIN15.
>
> When configuring channels we are *always* specifying two voltage inputs.
> I strongly disagree using single-channel for voltage channels in these
> families of ADC's.

Yes, sorry, you are right. I forgot that VINCOM isn't actually
electrically different from the other pins (even if the name makes it
seem like it would be).

>
> >> +
> >> +          There are special values that can be selected besides the voltage
> >> +          analog inputs:
> >> +            21: REF+
> >> +            22: REF−
> >> +          Supported only by AD7172-2, AD7172-4, AD7175-2, AD7175-8, AD7177-2:
> >> +            19: ((AVDD1 − AVSS)/5)+
> >> +            20: ((AVDD1 − AVSS)/5)−
> >> +          Supported only by AD4111, AD4112:
> >> +            12: IIN3+
> >> +            11: IIN3−
> >> +            13: IIN2+
> >> +            10: IIN2−
> >> +            14: IIN1+
> >> +             9: IIN1−
> >> +            15: IIN0+
> >> +             8: IIN0−
> >
> > I just made a late reply on v1 where Jonathan suggested that the
> > current inputs are differential with a similar comment to this:
> >
> > It doesn't seem to me like current inputs are differential if they are
> > only measuring one current. They take 2 pins because you need a way
> > for current to come in and go back out, but the datasheet calls them
> > single-ended inputs.
> >
> It seemed to me that the conclusion that we arrived to was to expose the
> precise pins that are used in the conversion and document the selection.
>
> Yes, it is a single-ended channel. So revert to the way it was in V1 using
> single-channel?

I'd like to hear Jonathan's opinion on this one.

>
> >> +
> >>          items:
> >>            minimum: 0
> >>            maximum: 31
> >> @@ -154,6 +195,23 @@ patternProperties:
> >>            - avdd
> >>          default: refout-avss
> >>
> >> +      adi,current-channel:
> >> +        description: |
> >> +          Signal that the selected inputs are current channels.
> >> +          Only available on AD4111 and AD4112.
> >> +        type: boolean
> >> +
> >> +      adi,channel-type:
> >> +        description:
> >> +          Used to differentiate between different channel types as the device
> >> +           register configurations are the same for all usage types.
> >> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> >> +        enum:
> >> +          - single-ended
> >> +          - pseudo-differential
> >> +          - differential
> >> +        default: differential
> >> +
> >
> > As suggested above, we should soon have diff-channels and
> > single-channel to differentiate between (fully) differential and
> > single-ended. Do we actually need to differentiate between
> > single-ended and pseudo-differential though?
> >
> Not really, so just a bool differential flag? (this seems weird as we have diff-channels)

Or we need to change the proposed single-channel property to allow two
inputs. I guess we'll see what Johnathan has to say.

>
> > I think the AD4116 datasheet is the only one that uses both of those
> > terms. It gives the examples that for "single-ended" ADCIN15 would be
> > connected to AVSS and for "pseudo-differential" ADCIN15 would be
> > connected to REFOUT (AVSS + 2.5 V). So the only difference seems to be
> > if the voltage on ADCIN15 is == 0V or != 0V.
> >
> In the ad411x yes, over to ad717x it's mixed:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/0fef36f8-a7db-40cc-86bd-9449cb4ab46e@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> > To make this like other pseudo-differential chips we have done
> > recently, it seems to me like we should have an adcin15-supply
> > property to describe the ADCIN15 input. Then we could use that
> > property to determine single-ended vs. pseudo-differential (if there
> > actually is a need for that) and we wouldn't need the adi,channel-type
> > property.
> >
>
> I agree that we do not need to differentiate between those two.
> But the approach with the supply is too specific, the adi,channel-type
> property is not only for AD4116-ADCIN15, but for all models compatible.
>

Makes sense, especially given the point above that ADCIN15 isn't
really electrically different from other inputs.

> >>      required:
> >>        - reg
> >>        - diff-channels
> >> @@ -166,7 +224,6 @@ allOf:
> >>    - $ref: /schemas/spi/spi-peripheral-props.yaml#
> >>
> >>    # Only ad7172-4, ad7173-8 and ad7175-8 support vref2
> >> -  # Other models have [0-3] channel registers
> >>    - if:
> >>        properties:
> >>          compatible:
> >> @@ -187,6 +244,37 @@ allOf:
> >>                  - vref
> >>                  - refout-avss
> >>                  - avdd
> >> +
> >> +  - if:
> >> +      properties:
> >> +        compatible:
> >> +          contains:
> >> +            enum:
> >> +              - adi,ad4114
> >> +              - adi,ad4115
> >> +              - adi,ad4116
> >> +              - adi,ad7173-8
> >> +              - adi,ad7175-8
> >> +    then:
> >> +      patternProperties:
> >> +        "^channel@[0-9a-f]$":
> >> +          properties:
> >> +            reg:
> >> +              maximum: 15
> >
> > As discussed recently in the the very similar ad719x bindings [2], we
> > may have been misunderstanding this limit so far. 15 is a bit
> > artificially low since input pins can be used more than once in
> > different "channels". But that is really an issues with the existing
> > bindings, not just this patch.
> >
> > [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20240511122955.2372f56e@jic23-huawei/
> >
> >
> In this case there is a 1-1 correspondence between this reg limit and the number
> of channel configuration registers available to the device. Maybe another property
> then reg? Sure...but this limitation fits the current situation.
>
> In addition, the device does not work the same as ad719x. If I understood correctly
> that documentation, the configuration register needs to be rewritten for every different
> input combination. This means that the driver is implemented to overwrite the reg for
> every read. This device, it seems to me, is more in the liking's of write all the channel
> configs at once, then keep using those.
>
> For AD719x yes, it is artificial. Over here we have a clear reason.

I thought they worked nearly the same in this regard since they are
sharing a lot of code via adc/ad_sigma_delta.h, It looks to me like
the channel registers are only set up for a raw read (single channel)
or buffered read (only enabled channels), but maybe I didn't look deep
enough. Anyway, not a big deal to me.

>
> >> +
> >> +  - if:
> >> +      properties:
> >> +        compatible:
> >> +          contains:
> >> +            enum:
> >> +              - adi,ad7172-2
> >> +              - adi,ad7175-2
> >> +              - adi,ad7176-2
> >> +              - adi,ad7177-2
> >> +    then:
> >> +      patternProperties:
> >> +        "^channel@[0-9a-f]$":
> >> +          properties:
> >>              reg:
> >>                maximum: 3
> >>
> >> @@ -210,6 +298,34 @@ allOf:
> >>            required:
> >>              - adi,reference-select
> >>
> >> +  - if:
> >> +      properties:
> >> +        compatible:
> >> +          contains:
> >> +            enum:
> >> +              - adi,ad4111
> >> +              - adi,ad4112
> >> +              - adi,ad4114
> >> +              - adi,ad4115
> >> +              - adi,ad4116
> >> +    then:
> >> +      properties:
> >> +        avdd2-supply: false
> >> +
> >> +  - if:
> >> +      properties:
> >> +        compatible:
> >> +          not:
> >> +            contains:
> >> +              enum:
> >> +                - adi,ad4111
> >> +                - adi,ad4112
> >> +    then:
> >> +      patternProperties:
> >> +        "^channel@[0-9a-f]$":
> >> +          properties:
> >> +            adi,current-channel: false
> >> +
> >>    - if:
> >>        anyOf:
> >>          - required: [clock-names]
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.43.0
> >>
> >>
>