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linux/Documentation/leds/leds-blinkm.rst
Joseph Strauss 56e8c56c9a leds: Add multicolor support to BlinkM LED driver
Add multicolor support to the BlinkM driver, making it easier to control
from userspace. The BlinkM LED is a programmable RGB LED. The driver
currently supports only the regular LED sysfs class, resulting in the
creation of three distinct classes, one for red, green, and blue. The
user then has to input three values into the three seperate brightness
files within those classes. The multicolor LED framework makes the
device easier to control with the multi_intensity file: the user can
input three values at once to form a color, while still controlling the
lightness with the brightness file.

The main struct blinkm_led has changed slightly. The struct led_classdev
for the regular sysfs classes remain. The blinkm_probe function checks
CONFIG_LEDS_BLINKM_MULTICOLOR to decide whether to load the seperate
sysfs classes or the single multicolor one, but never both. The
blinkm_set_mc_brightness() function had to be added to calculate the
three color components and then set the fields of the blinkm_data
structure accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Joseph Strauss <jstrauss@mailbox.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240710184844.108006-1-jstrauss@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
2024-08-01 13:40:02 +01:00

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Leds BlinkM driver
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The leds-blinkm driver supports the devices of the BlinkM family.
They are RGB-LED modules driven by a (AT)tiny microcontroller and
communicate through I2C. The default address of these modules is
0x09 but this can be changed through a command. By this you could
daisy-chain up to 127 BlinkMs on an I2C bus.
The device accepts RGB and HSB color values through separate commands.
Also you can store blinking sequences as "scripts" in
the controller and run them. Also fading is an option.
The interface this driver provides is 3-fold:
a) LED multicolor class interface for use with triggers
#######################################################
The registration follows the scheme::
blinkm-<i2c-bus-nr>-<i2c-device-nr>:rgb:indicator
$ ls -h /sys/class/leds/blinkm-1-9:rgb:indicator
brightness device max_brightness multi_index multi_intensity power subsystem trigger uevent
Hue is controlled by the multi_intensity file and lightness is controlled by
the brightness file.
The order in which to write the intensity values can be found in multi_index.
Exactly three values between 0 and 255 must be written to multi_intensity to
change the color::
$ echo 255 100 50 > multi_intensity
The overall lightness be changed by writing a value between 0 and 255 to the
brightness file.
b) LED class interface for use with triggers
############################################
The registration follows the scheme::
blinkm-<i2c-bus-nr>-<i2c-device-nr>-<color>
$ ls -h /sys/class/leds/blinkm-6-*
/sys/class/leds/blinkm-6-9-blue:
brightness device max_brightness power subsystem trigger uevent
/sys/class/leds/blinkm-6-9-green:
brightness device max_brightness power subsystem trigger uevent
/sys/class/leds/blinkm-6-9-red:
brightness device max_brightness power subsystem trigger uevent
(same is /sys/bus/i2c/devices/6-0009/leds)
We can control the colors separated into red, green and blue and
assign triggers on each color.
E.g.::
$ cat blinkm-6-9-blue/brightness
05
$ echo 200 > blinkm-6-9-blue/brightness
$
$ modprobe ledtrig-heartbeat
$ echo heartbeat > blinkm-6-9-green/trigger
$
b) Sysfs group to control rgb, fade, hsb, scripts ...
#####################################################
This extended interface is available as folder blinkm
in the sysfs folder of the I2C device.
E.g. below /sys/bus/i2c/devices/6-0009/blinkm
$ ls -h /sys/bus/i2c/devices/6-0009/blinkm/
blue green red test
Currently supported is just setting red, green, blue
and a test sequence.
E.g.::
$ cat *
00
00
00
#Write into test to start test sequence!#
$ echo 1 > test
$
$ echo 255 > red
$
as of 07/2024
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