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35.Dd March 27, 1991
36.Dt AD 4 vax
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm ad
40.Nd Data Translation A/D converter
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Cd "device ad0 at uba0 csr 0170400 vector adintr"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm \&ad
46driver
47provides an interface to the Data Translation A/D converter.
48This is
49.Em not
50a real-time driver, but merely allows
51the user process to sample the board's channels one at a time.
52Each minor device selects a different
53.Tn A/D
54board.
55.Pp
56The driver communicates to a user process by means of
57.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s.
58The
59.Dv AD_CHAN
60.Xr ioctl
61selects which channel of the board to read.
62For example,
63.Bd -literal -offset indent
64chan = 5;
65ioctl(fd, AD_CHAN, &chan);
66.Ed
67.Pp
68selects channel 5.
69The
70.Dv AD_READ
71.Xr ioctl 2
72actually reads the data and returns it to the user
73process.
74An example is
75.Bd -literal -offset indent
76ioctl(fd, AD_READ, &data);
77.Ed
78.Sh FILES
79.Bl -tag -width /dev/adx -compact
80.It Pa /dev/ad
81.El
82.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
83None.
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87driver appeared in
88.Bx 4.1 .
89