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iio: sgp40: retain documentation in driver

Message ID ZsWdFOIkDtEB9WGO@mail.your-server.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Series iio: sgp40: retain documentation in driver | expand

Commit Message

Andreas Klinger Aug. 21, 2024, 7:53 a.m. UTC
Retain documentation on how the voc index is actually calculated in
driver code as it'll be removed in Documentation.

This is a follow up on patch "[PATCH] iio: ABI: remove duplicate
in_resistance_calibbias" from David.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Klinger <ak@it-klinger.de>
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 drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Jonathan Cameron Aug. 21, 2024, 8:28 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:53:56 +0200
Andreas Klinger <ak@it-klinger.de> wrote:

> Retain documentation on how the voc index is actually calculated in
> driver code as it'll be removed in Documentation.
> 
> This is a follow up on patch "[PATCH] iio: ABI: remove duplicate
> in_resistance_calibbias" from David.
Applied both patches.  Thanks to you both for sorting this.

Jonathan

> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Klinger <ak@it-klinger.de>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c b/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
> index 7f0de14a1956..07d8ab830211 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
> @@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
>   * 1) read raw logarithmic resistance value from sensor
>   *    --> useful to pass it to the algorithm of the sensor vendor for
>   *    measuring deteriorations and improvements of air quality.
> + *    It can be read from the attribute in_resistance_raw.
>   *
> - * 2) calculate an estimated absolute voc index (0 - 500 index points) for
> - *    measuring the air quality.
> + * 2) calculate an estimated absolute voc index (in_concentration_input)
> + *    with 0 - 500 index points) for measuring the air quality.
>   *    For this purpose the value of the resistance for which the voc index
> - *    will be 250 can be set up using calibbias.
> + *    will be 250 can be set up using in_resistance_calibbias (default 30000).
> + *
> + *    The voc index is calculated as:
> + *      x = (in_resistance_raw - in_resistance_calibbias) * 0.65
> + *      in_concentration_input = 500 / (1 + e^x)
>   *
>   * Compensation values of relative humidity and temperature can be set up
>   * by writing to the out values of temp and humidityrelative.
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c b/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
index 7f0de14a1956..07d8ab830211 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/chemical/sgp40.c
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ 
  * 1) read raw logarithmic resistance value from sensor
  *    --> useful to pass it to the algorithm of the sensor vendor for
  *    measuring deteriorations and improvements of air quality.
+ *    It can be read from the attribute in_resistance_raw.
  *
- * 2) calculate an estimated absolute voc index (0 - 500 index points) for
- *    measuring the air quality.
+ * 2) calculate an estimated absolute voc index (in_concentration_input)
+ *    with 0 - 500 index points) for measuring the air quality.
  *    For this purpose the value of the resistance for which the voc index
- *    will be 250 can be set up using calibbias.
+ *    will be 250 can be set up using in_resistance_calibbias (default 30000).
+ *
+ *    The voc index is calculated as:
+ *      x = (in_resistance_raw - in_resistance_calibbias) * 0.65
+ *      in_concentration_input = 500 / (1 + e^x)
  *
  * Compensation values of relative humidity and temperature can be set up
  * by writing to the out values of temp and humidityrelative.