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ADIS16480 IIO Inertial Measurement Unit Linux Driver

Supported Devices

Evaluation Boards

Description

This is a Linux industrial I/O (IIO) subsystem driver, targeting serial interface Inertial Measurement Units (IMU). The industrial I/O subsystem provides a unified framework for drivers for many different types of converters and sensors using a number of different physical interfaces (i2c, spi, etc). See IIO for more information.

Source Code

Status

Source Mainlined?
git Yes

Files

Function File
driver drivers/iio/imu/adis16480.c

Declaring SPI slave devices

Unlike PCI or USB devices, SPI devices are not enumerated at the hardware level. Instead, the software must know which devices are connected on each SPI bus segment, and what slave selects these devices are using. For this reason, the kernel code must instantiate SPI devices explicitly. The most common method is to declare the SPI devices by bus number.

This method is appropriate when the SPI bus is a system bus, as in many embedded systems, wherein each SPI bus has a number which is known in advance. It is thus possible to pre-declare the SPI devices that inhabit this bus. This is done with an array of struct spi_board_info, which is registered by calling spi_register_board_info().

For more information see: Documentation/spi/spi-summary.rst

21 Oct 2010 16:10

Depending on the converter IC used, you may need to set the modalias accordingly, matching your part name. It may also required to adjust max_speed_hz. Please consult the datasheet, for maximum spi clock supported by the device in question.

static struct spi_board_info board_spi_board_info[] __initdata = {
#if defined(CONFIG_adis16480) \
	|| defined(CONFIG_adis16480_MODULE)
	{
		.modalias = "adis16480",
		.max_speed_hz = 2000000,     /* max spi clock (SCK) speed in HZ */
		.bus_num = 0,
		.chip_select = 1, /* CS, change it for your board */
		.platform_data = NULL, /* No spi_driver specific config */
		.mode = SPI_MODE_3,
		.irq = IRQ_PF5,
	},
#endif
 
};
static int __init board_init(void)
{
	[--snip--]
 
	spi_register_board_info(board_spi_board_info, ARRAY_SIZE(board_spi_board_info));
 
	[--snip--]
 
	return 0;
}
arch_initcall(board_init);

Devicetree

Analog Devices ADIS16480 and similar IMUs

Required properties for the ADIS16480:

  • compatible: Must be one of
    • “adi,adis16375”
    • “adi,adis16480”
    • “adi,adis16485”
    • “adi,adis16488”
    • “adi,adis16490”
    • “adi,adis16495-1”
    • “adi,adis16495-2”
    • “adi,adis16495-3”
    • “adi,adis16497-1”
    • “adi,adis16497-2”
    • “adi,adis16497-3”
  • reg: SPI chip select number for the device
  • spi-max-frequency: Max SPI frequency to use see: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
  • spi-cpha: See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
  • spi-cpol: See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt
  • interrupts: interrupt mapping for IRQ, accepted values are:
  • IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING
  • IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING

Optional properties

  • interrupt-names: Data ready line selection. Valid values are:

If this field is left empty, the factory default assigns DIO2 as data ready signal.

  • DIO1
  • DIO2
  • DIO3
  • DIO4
  • reset-gpios: must be the device tree identifier of the RESET pin. As the line is active low, it should be marked GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW.
  • clocks: phandle to the external clock. Should be set according to “clock-names”. If this field is left empty, the internal clock is used.
  • clock-names: The name of the external clock to be used. Valid values are:
  • sync: In sync mode, the internal clock is disabled and the frequency of the external clock signal establishes the rate of data collection and processing. The clock-frequency must be:
    • 3000 to 4500 Hz for adis1649x devices.
    • 700 to 2400 Hz for adis1648x devices.
  • pps: In Pulse Per Second (PPS) Mode, the rate of data collection and production is equal to the product of the external clock frequency and the scale factor in the SYNC_SCALE register, see Table 154 in the datasheet. The clock-frequency must be:
    • 1 to 128 Hz for adis1649x devices.
    • This mode is not supported by adis1648x devices.

If this field is left empty, the internal clock is used.

  • adi,ext-clk-pin: The DIOx line to be used as an external clock input. Valid values are:
  • DIO1
  • DIO2
  • DIO3
  • DIO4

Each DIOx pin supports only one function at a time (data ready line selection or external clock input). When a single pin has two assignments, the enable bit for the lower priority function automatically resets to zero (disabling the lower priority function). Data ready has highest priority. If this field is left empty, DIO2 is assigned as default external clock input pin.

Example

	imu@0 {
		compatible = "adi,adis16495-1";
		reg = <0>;
		spi-max-frequency = <3200000>;
		spi-cpol;
		spi-cpha;
		interrupts = <25 IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING>;
		interrupt-parent = <&gpio>;
		interrupt-names = "DIO2";
		clocks = <&adis16495_sync>;
		clock-names = "sync";
		adi,ext-clk-pin = "DIO1";
       };

Adding Linux driver support

Configure kernel with “make menuconfig” (alternatively use “make xconfig” or “make qconfig”)

The adis16480 driver depends on CONFIG_SPI_MASTER

Linux Kernel Configuration
	Device Drivers  --->
		<*>     Industrial I/O support --->
			--- Industrial I/O support
			[*]   Enable buffer support within IIO
			-*-     Industrial I/O buffering based on kfifo
			-*-   Enable triggered sampling support
			[--snip--]
			Inertial measurement units  ---> 
				[--snip--]
				<*> Analog Devices ADIS16480 and similar IMU driver
				[--snip--]

Hardware configuration

The ADIS16IMU1/PCBZ is the primary breakout board for the ADIS1649x products. This breakout board simplifies the process of connecting an ADIS1649x IMU to an embedded processor system using a 16-pin, 1mm ribbon cable. For a detailed description, please see: adis1649x Here is an example of basic connection from the ADIS1649X interface connector to the host (microprocessor):

ADIS1649X       HOST MICROPROCESSOR
* DIO2 ———————> IRQ GPIO
* CS   <——————— SPI_SEL
* SCLK <——————— SPI_SCLK
* DIN  <——————— SPI_MOSI
* DOUT ———————> SPI_MISO

Note: IRQ GPIO can be connected to any DIOx pin. See the Devicetree section.

Driver testing

Each and every IIO device, typically a hardware chip, has a device folder under /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX. Where X is the IIO index of the device. Under every of these directory folders reside a set of files, depending on the characteristics and features of the hardware device in question. These files are consistently generalized and documented in the IIO ABI documentation. In order to determine which IIO deviceX corresponds to which hardware device, the user can read the name file /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/name. In case the sequence in which the iio device drivers are loaded/registered is constant, the numbering is constant and may be known in advance.

02 Mar 2011 15:16

TIP: An example program which uses the interface can be found here:


This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/> cd /sys/bus/iio/devices/
root:/sys/bus/iio/devices> ls
iio:device0  trigger0

root:/sys/bus/iio/devices> cd iio:device0
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> ls -l
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             0 Jan  4 00:03 buffer
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 dev
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_scale
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_x_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_x_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_y_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_y_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_z_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_accel_z_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_scale
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_x_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_x_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_y_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_y_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_z_calibbias
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_anglvel_z_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_magn_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_magn_scale
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_magn_x_raw
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_magn_y_raw
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_magn_z_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_temp0_offset
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_temp0_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_temp0_scale
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 name
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             0 Jan  4 00:03 power
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 sampling_frequency
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             0 Jan  4 00:03 scan_elements
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             0 Jan  4 00:03 subsystem -> ../../../../../bus/iio
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             0 Jan  4 00:03 trigger
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 uevent
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0>

ADIS16480 device attributes

For a detailed description please see: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio

3-Axis Accelerometer related device files Description
in_accel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency Bandwidth for the accelerometer channels.
in_accel_scale Scale for the accelerometer channels.
in_accel_x_calibbias Calibration offset for the X-axis accelerometer channel.
in_accel_x_raw Raw X-axis accelerometer channel value.
in_accel_y_calibbias Calibration offset for the Y-axis accelerometer channel.
in_accel_y_raw Raw Y-axis accelerometer channel value.
in_accel_z_calibbias Calibration offset for the Z-axis accelerometer channel.
in_accel_z_raw Raw Z-axis accelerometer channel value.
3-Axis Gyro related device files Description
in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency Bandwidth for the gyroscope channels.
in_anglvel_scale Scale for the gyroscope channels.
in_anglvel_x_calibbias Calibration offset for the X-axis gyroscope channel.
in_anglvel_x_raw Raw X-axis gyroscope channel value.
in_anglvel_y_calibbias Calibration offset for the Y-axis gyroscope channel.
in_anglvel_y_raw Raw Y-axis gyroscope channel value.
in_anglvel_z_calibbias Calibration offset for the Z-axis gyroscope channel.
in_anglvel_z_raw Raw Z-axis gyroscope channel value.
3-Axis Magnetometer related device files Description
in_magn_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency Bandwidth for the magnetometer channels.
in_magn_scale Scale for the magnetometer channels.
in_magn_x_raw Raw X-axis magnetometer channel value.
in_magn_y_raw Raw Y-axis magnetometer channel value.
in_magn_z_raw Raw Z-axis magnetometer channel value.
Barometric pressure sensor related files Description
in_pressure_raw Raw barometric pressure sensor channel value.
in_pressure_scale Scale for the barometric pressure sensor channel.
Temperature sensor related files Description
in_temp0_offset Offset for temperature sensor channel.
in_temp0_raw Raw temperature channel value.
in_temp0_scale Scale for the temperature sensor channel.
Miscellaneous device files Description
name Name of the IIO device.
sampling_frequency Currently selected sample rate.

Show device name

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat name
adis16480

Set sampling frequency

The sampling frequency of the device can be set by writing the desired value to the sampling_frequency file. The driver will automatically round up to the nearest supported sampling frequency.

Example:

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat sampling_frequency
4250.000000
pi@raspberrypi:/s
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> echo 2000 > sampling_frequency
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat sampling_frequency
2125.000000

Show channel value

A channel value can be read from its _raw attribute. The value returned by the _raw attribute is the raw value as reported by the device. To get the processed value of the channel in a standardized unit add the channels _offset attribute to the _raw value and multiply the result by _scale attribute. If no _offset attribute is present assume 0 for the offset.

processed value = (raw + offset) * scale

The units by the IIO framework are:

  • Acceleration: Meter per Second squared
  • Angular velocity: Rad per second
  • Pressure: kilo Pascal
  • Magnetometer: milli Gauss
  • Temperature: milli Degree Celsius

Example:

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_accel_z_raw
265126938
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_accel_scale
0.002451731

Z-axis acceleration = in_accel_z_raw * in_accel_scale = 265126938 * 0.002451731 m/s^2 = 650019.932 m/s^2

Set channel bandwidth

The channels bandwidth can be set by writing the desired value to the channels _filter_low_pass_3db_frequency attribute. The driver will automatically round up to the nearest supported bandwidth.

Note that the low pass filter frequency depends on the sampling frequency, so changing the sampling frequency will scale the low pass filter frequency accordingly. E.g. reducing the sampling frequency by a factor of two will also reduce the bandwidth by a factor of two.

Example:

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
TDB
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> echo TBD > in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
TBD

Trigger management

This driver only supports it's own default trigger source adis16480-dev0

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat trigger/current_trigger
adis16480-dev0

Buffer management

This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0/buffer> ls
enable           length

The Industrial I/O subsystem provides support for various ring buffer based data acquisition methods. Apart from device specific hardware buffer support, the user can chose between two different software ring buffer implementations. One is the IIO lock free software ring, and the other is based on Linux kfifo. Devices with buffer support feature an additional sub-folder in the /sys/bus/iio/devices/deviceX/ folder hierarchy. Called deviceX:bufferY, where Y defaults to 0, for devices with a single buffer.

Every buffer implementation features a set of files:

length
Get/set the number of sample sets that may be held by the buffer.

enable
Enables/disables the buffer. This file should be written last, after length and selection of scan elements.

watermark
A single positive integer specifying the maximum number of scan elements to wait for. Poll will block until the watermark is reached. Blocking read will wait until the minimum between the requested read amount or the low water mark is available. Non-blocking read will retrieve the available samples from the buffer even if there are less samples then watermark level. This allows the application to block on poll with a timeout and read the available samples after the timeout expires and thus have a maximum delay guarantee.

data_available
A read-only value indicating the bytes of data available in the buffer. In the case of an output buffer, this indicates the amount of empty space available to write data to. In the case of an input buffer, this indicates the amount of data available for reading.

length_align_bytes
Using the high-speed interface. DMA buffers may have an alignment requirement for the buffer length. Newer versions of the kernel will report the alignment requirements associated with a device through the `length_align_bytes` property.

scan_elements
The scan_elements directory contains interfaces for elements that will be captured for a single triggered sample set in the buffer.

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This specifies any shell prompt running on the target

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0/scan_elements> ls
TBD
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0/scan_elements>

in_voltageX_en / in_voltageX-voltageY_en / timestamp_en:
Scan element control for triggered data capture. Writing 1 will enable the scan element, writing 0 will disable it

in_voltageX_type / in_voltageX-voltageY_type / timestamp_type:
Description of the scan element data storage within the buffer and therefore in the form in which it is read from user-space. Form is [s|u]bits/storage-bits. s or u specifies if signed (2's complement) or unsigned. bits is the number of bits of data and storage-bits is the space (after padding) that it occupies in the buffer. Note that some devices will have additional information in the unused bits so to get a clean value, the bits value must be used to mask the buffer output value appropriately. The storage-bits value also specifies the data alignment. So u12/16 will be a unsigned 12 bit integer stored in a 16 bit location aligned to a 16 bit boundary. For other storage combinations this attribute will be extended appropriately.

in_voltageX_index / in_voltageX-voltageY_index / timestamp_index:
A single positive integer specifying the position of this scan element in the buffer. Note these are not dependent on what is enabled and may not be contiguous. Thus for user-space to establish the full layout these must be used in conjunction with all _en attributes to establish which channels are present, and the relevant _type attributes to establish the data storage format.

02 Mar 2011 15:16

More Information

IMU Evaluation Board User Guides

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