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30.\"     from: @(#)ad.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd June 5, 1993
33.Dt AD 4 vax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ad
37.Nd Data Translation A/D converter
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "ad0 at uba0 csr 0170400 vector adintr"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41NOTE: This driver has not been ported from
42.Bx 4.4
43yet.
44.Pp
45The
46.Nm \&ad
47driver
48provides an interface to the Data Translation A/D converter.
49This is
50.Em not
51a real-time driver, but merely allows
52the user process to sample the board's channels one at a time.
53Each minor device selects a different
54.Tn A/D
55board.
56.Pp
57The driver communicates to a user process by means of
58.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s .
59The
60.Dv AD_CHAN
61.Xr ioctl 2
62selects which channel of the board to read.
63For example,
64.Bd -literal -offset indent
65chan = 5;
66ioctl(fd, AD_CHAN, &chan);
67.Ed
68.Pp
69selects channel 5.
70The
71.Dv AD_READ
72.Xr ioctl 2
73actually reads the data and returns it to the user
74process.
75An example is
76.Bd -literal -offset indent
77ioctl(fd, AD_READ, &data);
78.Ed
79.Sh FILES
80.Bl -tag -width /dev/adx -compact
81.It Pa /dev/ad
82.El
83.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
84None.
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88driver appeared in
89.Bx 4.1 .
90