1 Kernel driver i2c-parport
3 Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
5 This is a unified driver for several i2c-over-parallel-port adapters,
6 such as the ones made by Philips, Velleman or ELV. This driver is
7 meant as a replacement for the older, individual drivers:
11 * video/i2c-parport (NOT the same as this one, dedicated to home brew
14 It currently supports the following devices:
15 * (type=0) Philips adapter
16 * (type=1) home brew teletext adapter
17 * (type=2) Velleman K8000 adapter
18 * (type=3) ELV adapter
19 * (type=4) Analog Devices ADM1032 evaluation board
20 * (type=5) Analog Devices evaluation boards: ADM1025, ADM1030, ADM1031
21 * (type=6) Barco LPT->DVI (K5800236) adapter
22 * (type=7) One For All JP1 parallel port adapter
24 These devices use different pinout configurations, so you have to tell
25 the driver what you have, using the type module parameter. There is no
26 way to autodetect the devices. Support for different pinout configurations
27 can be easily added when needed.
29 Earlier kernels defaulted to type=0 (Philips). But now, if the type
30 parameter is missing, the driver will simply fail to initialize.
33 Building your own adapter
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36 If you want to build you own i2c-over-parallel-port adapter, here is
37 a sample electronics schema (credits go to Sylvain Munaut):
40 Side ___________________Vdd (+) Side
49 SCL ----------x--------o |-----------x------------------- pin 2
53 SDA ----------x----x---| o---x--------------------------- pin 13
57 ---------o |----------------x-------------- pin 3
70 - This is the exact pinout and electronics used on the Analog Devices
73 - All inverters -o |- must be 74HC05, they must be open collector output.
75 - All resitors are 10k.
76 - Pins 18-25 of the parallel port connected to GND.
77 - Pins 4-9 (D2-D7) could be used as VDD is the driver drives them high.
78 The ADM1032 evaluation board uses D4-D7. Beware that the amount of
79 current you can draw from the parallel port is limited. Also note that
80 all connected lines MUST BE driven at the same state, else you'll short
81 circuit the output buffers! So plugging the I2C adapter after loading
82 the i2c-parport module might be a good safety since data line state
83 prior to init may be unknown.
85 - Obviously you cannot read SCL (so it's not really standard-compliant).
86 Pretty easy to add, just copy the SDA part and use another input pin.
87 That would give (ELV compatible pinout):
91 Side ______________________________Vdd (+) Side
100 SCL ----------x--------x--| o---x------------------------ pin 15
104 | ---o |-------------x-------------- pin 2
109 SDA ---------------x---x--| o--------x------------------- pin 10
113 ---o |------------------x--------- pin 3
126 If possible, you should use the same pinout configuration as existing
127 adapters do, so you won't even have to change the code.
130 Similar (but different) drivers
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133 This driver is NOT the same as the i2c-pport driver found in the i2c
134 package. The i2c-pport driver makes use of modern parallel port features so
135 that you don't need additional electronics. It has other restrictions
136 however, and was not ported to Linux 2.6 (yet).
138 This driver is also NOT the same as the i2c-pcf-epp driver found in the
139 lm_sensors package. The i2c-pcf-epp driver doesn't use the parallel port as
140 an I2C bus directly. Instead, it uses it to control an external I2C bus
141 master. That driver was not ported to Linux 2.6 (yet) either.
144 Legacy documentation for Velleman adapter
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148 Velleman http://www.velleman.be/
149 Velleman K8000 Howto http://howto.htlw16.ac.at/k8000-howto.html
151 The project has lead to new libs for the Velleman K8000 and K8005:
152 LIBK8000 v1.99.1 and LIBK8005 v0.21
153 With these libs, you can control the K8000 interface card and the K8005
154 stepper motor card with the simple commands which are in the original
155 Velleman software, like SetIOchannel, ReadADchannel, SendStepCCWFull and
156 many more, using /dev/velleman.
157 http://home.wanadoo.nl/hihihi/libk8000.htm
158 http://home.wanadoo.nl/hihihi/libk8005.htm
159 http://struyve.mine.nu:8080/index.php?block=k8000
160 http://sourceforge.net/projects/libk8005/
163 One For All JP1 parallel port adapter
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166 The JP1 project revolves around a set of remote controls which expose
167 the I2C bus their internal configuration EEPROM lives on via a 6 pin
168 jumper in the battery compartment. More details can be found at:
170 http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/
172 Details of the simple parallel port hardware can be found at:
174 http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/hardware.shtml