Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: adc: avia-hx711: add avia,hx710b compatible

From: Andreas Klinger

Date: Sun Apr 19 2026 - 01:46:26 EST


Hi,

David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Sa, 18. Apr 16:46:
> On 4/18/26 12:05 PM, Piyush Patle wrote:

[...]

> >
> > Specifications about the driver can be found at:
> > http://www.aviaic.com/ENProducts.aspx
> > @@ -23,11 +33,12 @@ properties:
> > compatible:
> > enum:
> > - avia,hx711
> > + - avia,hx710b
> >
> > sck-gpios:
> > description:
> > Definition of the GPIO for the clock (output). In the datasheet it is
> > - named PD_SCK
> > + named PD_SCK.
>
> Save the cleanups for a separate patch to keep the adding HX710B changes clear.
>
> I'm guessing the existing binding for HX711 is quite old because it is quite
> incomplete.
>
> It has avdd-supply, but is missing vsup-supply and dvdd-supply.
>
> It should probably also have a way to describe how the rate pin is wired.
>
> And it should have a clocks property instead of clock-frequency.

The real meaning is a wait time until the DOUT is stable. As a submitted the
driver many years ago my suggestion of a wait time property was not accepted
because it would have introduced a new property which didn't exit in those days.
The suggestion was to name it clock-frequency because it already existed. This
clock-frequency made the driver also a little bit more complicated because at
the end we needed a waiting time and not a frequency.

Today i see there is as "wait-delay" property already introduced at other
bindings. This would also simplify the driver a bit.

@robh@xxxxxxxxxx, @krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx, @conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx:
Would this change in the binding be acceptable?

If yes, i could prepare a driver and binding patch separate of this patchset to
clean it up.

> It would make sense to have two clocks, on for XI/XO and one for PD_SCK.
> The second one being optional because of sck-gpios.
>
> HX710B has many fewer pins, so we will need an:
>
> allOf:
> - if:
> properties:
> compatible:
> const: avia,hx710b
>
> section that sets anything for pins that chip doesn't have to false, like
> vsup-supply.
>
> HX710B also has a vref-supply that HX711 doesn't have. (Unless these are the
> same thing by a different name?)
>
>
> > maxItems: 1
> >
> > dout-gpios:
> > @@ -43,6 +54,9 @@ properties:
> > Definition of the regulator used as analog supply
> >
> > clock-frequency:
> > + description:
> > + Bit-bang clock frequency on PD_SCK. Keep the PD_SCK high time below
> > + the chip power-down threshold.
>
> I suspect that this was meant to be the crystal frequency (XI/XO), not PD_SCK
> since sck-gpios already exists for PD_SCK

see above

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Best regards,

Andreas

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