ADIS16400

ADIS16400 IIO Inertial Measurement Unit.

Supported Devices

Evaluation Boards

Description

This is a Linux industrial I/O (Linux Industrial I/O Subsystem) 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 Linux Industrial I/O Subsystem for more information.

Source Code

Status

Source

Mainlined?

git

Yes

Files

Function

File

driver

drivers/iio/imu/adis16400.c

shared ADIS support

drivers/iio/imu/adis.c

shared buffer support

drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c

include

include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h

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: Overview of Linux kernel SPI support

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_ADIS16400) \
    || defined(CONFIG_ADIS16400_MODULE)
    {
        .modalias = "adis16400",
        .max_speed_hz = 1000000,     /* 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);

Adding Linux driver support

Kernel configuration

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

Note

The ADIS16400 Driver depends on CONFIG_SPI

Linux Kernel Configuration
    Device Drivers  --->
        <*>     Industrial I/O support --->
            --- Industrial I/O support
            *** Inertial measurement units ***
            [--snip--]
                <*>   Analog Devices ADIS16400 and similar IMU SPI driver
            [--snip--]

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.

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 in_voltage0_supply_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_voltage0_supply_scale
-r--r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_voltage1_raw
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          4096 Jan  4 00:03 in_voltage1_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>

Identify the device

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat name
adis16400

Attribute reference

ADIS16400 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.

Power supply monitor related files

Description

in_voltage0_supply_raw

Raw power supply monitor channel value.

in_voltage0_supply_scale

Scale for the power supply monitor channel.

Auxiliary ADC related files

Description

in_voltage1_raw

Raw auxiliary ADC channel value.

in_voltage1_scale

Scale for the auxiliary ADC channel.

Miscellaneous device files

Description

name

Name of the IIO device.

sampling_frequency

Currently selected sample rate.

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:

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat sampling_frequency
819.202
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> echo 546 > sampling_frequency
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat sampling_frequency
546.135
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

  • Voltage: milli Volts

  • Temperature: milli-degree Celsius

Example:

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_accel_z_raw
1202
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat in_accel_scale
0.008168

Z-axis acceleration = in_accel_z_raw * in_accel_scale = 1202 * 0.008168 m/s^2 = 9.81 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 all channels share the same low pass filter frequency so changing it for one channel will change it for all other channels as well. Also 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:

The selected bandwidth depends on the current sampling frequency, so read back the attribute after writing it.

set -eu
cat sampling_frequency
cat in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
echo 150 > in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency
cat in_anglvel_filter_low_pass_3db_frequency

At 819.202 Hz sampling, a 150 Hz request selects 409.601 Hz bypass bandwidth. After the earlier 546 Hz sampling-frequency write, the corresponding readback is 273.067 Hz.

Trigger management

Note

This driver only supports it’s own default trigger source adis16400-dev0

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0> cat trigger/current_trigger
adis16400-dev0

Buffer management

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

The Industrial I/O subsystem supports buffered data acquisition. Buffer implementation and capabilities depend on the driver. Devices with buffer support expose each buffer at /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/bufferY, where Y is the buffer index, starting at 0. The first buffer is additionally exposed through the legacy buffer directory, which contains its buffer-control attributes. Its scan configuration is exposed through the legacy scan_elements directory, while multi-buffer systems expose the scan attributes in the corresponding bufferY directory. Read samples from the device character node /dev/iio:deviceX; the selected buffer is determined by the active buffer configuration.

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.

root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0/scan_elements>ls
in_accel_x_en             in_anglvel_y_index           in_magn_z_type
in_accel_x_index          in_anglvel_y_type            in_temp0_en
in_accel_x_type           in_anglvel_z_en              in_temp0_index
in_accel_y_en             in_anglvel_z_index           in_temp0_type
in_accel_y_index          in_anglvel_z_type            in_timestamp_en
in_accel_y_type           in_magn_x_en              in_timestamp_index
in_accel_z_en             in_magn_x_index           in_timestamp_type
in_accel_z_index          in_magn_x_type            in_voltage0_supply_en
in_accel_z_type           in_magn_y_en              in_voltage0_supply_index
in_anglvel_x_en              in_magn_y_index           in_voltage0_supply_type
in_anglvel_x_index           in_magn_y_type            in_voltage1_en
in_anglvel_x_type            in_magn_z_en              in_voltage1_index
in_anglvel_y_en              in_magn_z_index           in_voltage1_type
root:/sys/devices/platform/bfin-spi.0/spi0.1/iio:device0/scan_elements>
in_voltageX_en / in_voltageX-voltageY_en / in_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 / in_timestamp_type:

Describes the scan element’s representation in the buffer. The format is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat]>>shift. The prefix gives byte order; s or u specifies signed (two’s complement) or unsigned data. bits is the number of meaningful bits and storagebits is the storage width. The optional repeat count describes repeated elements. After interpreting byte order, shift the storage value right by shift and mask it to bits; signed values also require sign extension. For example, be:u12/16>>1 describes an unsigned 12-bit value in big-endian 16-bit storage, shifted right by one bit. Account for alignment padding when combining enabled elements into a complete scan.

in_voltageX_index / in_voltageX-voltageY_index / in_timestamp_index:

A nonnegative integer specifying the ordering 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.

More Information

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