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17	<h1>I²C, SMBus and hardware monitoring references</h1>
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19	<p>This document contains all kinds of useful references to I²C and SMBus
20	documents and implementations, and to hardware sensors documentation and
21	implementations. Please report any other references you have found!</p>
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23	<ul>
24	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="i2c">I²C</a></span>
25	<ul>
26	<li><a href="http://www.ping.be/~ping0751/i2cfaq/i2cindex.htm">I²C FAQ</a></li>
27	<li>Another <a href="http://vhimpe.crosswinds.net/electronics/i2cfaq/i2c.html">I²C
28	FAQ</a></li>
29	<li>Yet another <a href="http://www.esacademy.com/faq/i2c/">I²C FAQ</a></li>
30	<li><a href="http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/buses/i2c/">Philips</a>, the I²C bus
31	inventors
32	<br />This site contains many example programs.</li>
33	<li>Simon Vogl's <a href="http://voxel.at/prj/i2c/">I²C for Linux</a> page</li>
34	</ul>
35	</li>
36	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="smbus">SMBus</a></span>
37	<ul>
38	<li><a href="http://www.smbus.org/specs/">SMBus specification documents</a>
39	<br />Includes version 1.1 and version 2.0 documents.</li>
40	</ul>
41	</li>
42	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="implementations">I²C and SMBus implementations</a></span>
43	<ul>
44	<li><a href="http://www.ali.com.tw/">ALi</a> (M1533,
45	<a href="http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/product/corelogic/m1535.htm">M1535</a>,
46	<a href="http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/product/corelogic/m1535d.htm">M1535D</a>,
47	<a href="http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/product/corelogic/m1543c.htm">M1543C</a>)
48	<br />ALi chipsets include SMBus adapters, integrated with many other functions.
49	<br />Datasheets available on
50	<a href="http://210.63.71.156/app/csd/webuser.nsf/DTSRF?OpenForm">request</a>.</li>
51	<li><a href="http://developer.intel.com/">Intel</a> (PIIX4,
52	<a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/440mx/">82443MX</a>,
53	i801, <a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/810/">i810</a>,
54	<a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/810/810e.htm">i810E</a>,
55	<a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/815/">i815</a>)
56	<br />Intel SMBus adapter, integrated with many other functions.
57	<br />Datasheets available for
58	<a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/index.htm?iid=PCG+devleftnav">download</a>.</li>
59	<li><a href="http://www.sis.com/">Silicon Integrated Systems</a> (SiS5595,
60	<a href="http://www.sis.com/products/chipsets/integrated/socket370/630.htm">SiS630</a>,
61	<a href="http://www.sis.com/products/chipsets/oa/pentium4/645.htm">SiS645</a>,
62	<a href="http://www.sis.com/products/chipsets/southbridge/96x.htm#961">SiS961</a>)
63	<br />No datasheet found.</li>
64	<li><a href="http://www.via.com.tw/">VIA</a> (VT85C586B, VT82C596, VT82C596B, VT82C686A,
65	VT82C686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A)
66	<br />VIA I²C adapters, integrated with many other functions (south bridge).
67	Each south bridge may be used in many chipsets. To know which south bridge is used in
68	your VIA chipset, use <a href="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=14">this table</a>.
69	<br />Datasheets available on
70	<a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/datasheet/datasheets.jsp">request</a>.</li>
71	</ul>
72	</li>
73	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="chips">Hardware monitoring chips</a></span>
74	<ul>
75	<li><a href="http://www.analog.com/">Analog Devices</a>
76	(<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1021A,00.html">ADM1021A</a>,
77	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1022%2C00.html">ADM1022</a>,
78	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1023%2C00.html">ADM1023</a>,
79	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1024%2C00.html">ADM1024</a>,
80	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1025,00.html">ADM1025</a>,
81	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1025A,00.html">ADM1025A</a>,
82	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1026%2C00.html">ADM1026</a>,
83	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1027%2C00.html">ADM1027</a>,
84	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1028%2C00.html">ADM1028</a>,
85	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1029%2C00.html">ADM1029</a>,
86	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1030%2C00.html">ADM1030</a>,
87	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1031%2C00.html">ADM1031</a>,
88	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM1032%2C00.html">ADM1032</a>,
89	<a href="http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0%2C2877%2CADM9240%2C00.html">ADM9240</a>)
90	<br />Datasheets available for download.</li>
91	<li><a href="http://www.genesyslogic.com/">Genesys Logic</a> (GL518, GL520, GL523)
92	<br />No datasheet available.</li>
93	<li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">Hewlett Packard</a> (Maxilife)
94	<br />Datasheets only under NDA.</li>
95	<li><a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/">Maxim IC</a> (includes Dallas Semiconductor)
96	(<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2952">DS75</a>,
97	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2737">DS1621</a>, DS1625,
98	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2774">DS1775</a>,
99	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2775">DS1780</a>,
100	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1855">MAX1617</a>,
101	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1964">MAX1617A</a>)
102	<br />Datasheets available for
103	<a href="http://www.maxim-ic.com/Sensors.cfm">download</a>.</li>
104	<li><a href="http://www.myson.com.tw/">Myson</a> (MTP008)
105	<br />No datasheet available.</li>
106	<li><a href="http://www.national.com/">National Semiconductor</a>
107	(<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM75.html">LM75</a>,
108	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM77.html">LM77</a>,
109	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM78.html">LM78</a>, LM78J,
110	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM79.html">LM79</a>,
111	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM80.html">LM80</a>,
112	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM84.html">LM84</a>,
113	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM87.html">LM87</a>,
114	<a href="http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM92.html">LM92</a>)
115	<br />Datasheets available for
116	<a href="http://www.national.com/catalog/AnalogThermalManagement.html">download</a>.</li>
117	<li><a href="http://www.sis.com/">Silicon Integrated Systems</a> (SIS5595, SIS950)
118	<br />No datasheet available.</li>
119	<li><a href="http://www.ti.com/">Texas Instruments</a>
120	(<a href="http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/productfolder.jhtml?genericPartNumber=THMC10">THMC10</a>,
121	<a href="http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/productfolder.jhtml?genericPartNumber=THMC50">THMC50</a>)
122	<br />Datasheets available for download.</li>
123	<li><a href="http://www.via.com.tw/">VIA</a> (VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT1211)
124	<br />VIA bridges and chips which include integrated sensors.
125	<br />Datasheets available on
126	<a href="http://www.via.com.tw/en/datasheet/datasheets.jsp">request</a>.</li>
127	<li><a href="http://www.winbond.com/">Winbond</a> (W83781D, W83782D, W83783S,
128	W83791D, W83792D, W83L785TS-S,
129	W83627HF, W83627THF, W83637HF, W83687THF, W83697HF)
130	<br />Datasheets available for
131	<a href="http://www.winbond.com/e-winbondhtm/partner/b_2_d_4.htm">hardware monitoring</a> and
132	<a href="http://www.winbond.com/e-winbondhtm/partner/b_2_d_2.htm">super-I/O</a>
133	chips.</li>
134	</ul>
135	</li>
136	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="protocol">Other protocol information</a></span>
137	<ul>
138	<li><a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/">IPMI documentation</a>
139	<br />IPMI (intelligent platform management interface), a standard for hardware
140	monitor chip reading.</li>
141	</ul>
142	</li>
143	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="installguides">Installation guides</a></span>
144	<ul>
145	<li><a href="http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/i2c/">Jean Delvare's</a>
146	<br />Focuses on the new i2c interface issues.</li>
147	<li><a href="http://chrisp.orcon.net.nz/linux/sensors.html">Chris Peters'</a>
148	<br />More simple, probably better for beginners.</li>
149	</ul>
150	</li>
151	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="sensorsconfdb">Motherboard configuration files</a></span>
152	<p>Poject is rather incomplete, help is wanted to develop it further (or start a new one altogether)!</p>
153	<ul>
154	<li><a href="http://lm-sensors-db.berlios.de/">lm_sensors_db</a>
155	<br />Hosted by berlios.de.</li>
156	</ul>
157
158	<p>
159	As far we know only one motherboard manufacturer provides sensors.conf files:</p>
160	<ul>
161	<li><a href="http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/software_utilities.html#lms">TYAN motherboads sensors.conf
162	files database (archive link)</a></li>
163	<li><a href="ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/lms/">TYAN motherboads sensors.conf
164	files database (ftp link)</a>
165	</li>
166	</ul>
167
168	<p>Personal collections:</p>
169	<ul>
170	<li><a href="http://www.lathspell.de/linux/lm_sensors/">Christian Hammers'</a></li>
171	<li><a href="http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/lm-sensors/">Jean Delvare's</a></li>
172	</ul>
173	</li>
174	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="applications">Hardware monitoring applications using the lm_sensors package</a></span>
175	<ul>
176	<li><a href="http://www.lm-sensors.org">LM Sensors</a>
177	<br />First see the
178	<a href="http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/prog">prog
179	directory</a> in the lm_sensors package for sample applications. In particular,
180	see <a href="http://stimpy.netroedge.com/tellerstats/">Tellerstats</a>, a web-based
181	hardware monitor created by Phil Edelbrock, one of our main project contributors.</li>
182	<li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat</a>
183	<br />A <a href="http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=lm_sensors">search for "lm_sensors"</a>
184	brings up a good starter list.</li>
185	<li><a href="http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/">GNOME Sensors Applet</a>
186	<br />An applet for the GNOME panel to monitor lm_sensors outputs.</li>
187	<li>ASFATM (Afterstep fan and temperature monitor)
188	<br />A wharf/dock app that is capable of displaying system/CPU temperatures and up to
189	three fan rotation speeds depending on the hardware being used. The development has
190	stopped, but you still can download the sources from
191	<a href="http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/afterstep/apps/asfatm/">Planet Mirror</a>
192	or <a href="http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/X11/afterstep/apps/asfatm/">LIP6</a>.</li>
193	<li><a href="http://www.ma-scha.de/index.phtml?menu=progs&submenu=asftavm">ASFTAVM</a>
194	(Afterstep fan, temperature and voltage monitor)
195	<br />An enhancement of ASFATM.</li>
196	<li><a href="http://www.warmcat.com/milksop/cheapi2c.html">CheapI2C</a>
197	<br />A real-time linux I2C bus protocol capture tool using the parallel port.</li>
198	<li><a href="http://www.plogic.com/dogsled/">Dogsled</a>
199	<br />A tool to manage and monitor Linux clusters.</li>
200	<li><a href="http://www.gkrellm.net/">GKrellM</a>
201	<br />GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors
202	which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your
203	window manager, Gtk, or any other theme. Very popular.</li>
204	<li><a href="http://ksim.sourceforge.net/">KSim</a>
205	<br />KSim is a GKrellM equivalent for KDE. Supports GKrellM skins.</li>
206	<li><a href="http://gpdialapplet.sourceforge.net/">GPDial Applet</a>
207	<br />A Gnome applet that displays a specific number from a file on the Gnome panel.
208	By configuring it for a specific sensor file in /proc, you get a
209	sensor reading. Requires fam and fam++.</li>
210	<li><a href="http://digilander.libero.it/robang/gsensor/gsensor_en.html">GSensor</a>
211	<br />GTK+ application.</li>
212	<li><a href="http://lcd4linux.sourceforge.net/">LCD4Linux</a>
213	<br />Displays kernel information on an external LCD.</li>
214	<li><a href="http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/">phpSysInfo</a>
215	<br />Generates a web page with system information, optionally including sensors output.
216	Recommended.</li>
217	<li><a href="http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/procmeter3/">ProcMeter 3</a>
218	<br />A comprehensive system monitoring package. Nice desktop application.
219	Recommended.</li>
220	<li><a href="http://www.joenst.de/s2w/">Sens2web</a>
221	<br />A Perl script to generate a web page of sensor readings.</li>
222	<li><a href="http://www.coverfire.com/sensor_sweep_applet/">Sensor Sweep Applet</a>
223	<br />A configurable Gnome panel applet.</li>
224	<li><a href="http://voyager2.htmlplanet.com/sensors_srvr.html">Sensors Server</a>
225	<br />Nice client/server application with a html-embedded Java applet.</li>
226	<li><a href="http://denis.corbin.free.fr/software.html">Sentinelle</a>
227	<br />A daemon which warns you when your sensor readings reach critical values.</li>
228	<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/wmsensors.html">WMSensors</a>
229	<br />A Windowmaker dockapp. By Adrian Baugh, maintained by the Debian team.</li>
230	<li><a href="http://www.linuxgod.net/~jd/">WMSens Dockapp</a>
231	<br />A Windowmaker dockapp that works only with the Winbond 83697HF chipset.
232	By Jonathan D. Meadows.</li>
233	<li><a href="http://www.fluxcode.net/">WMgtemp</a>
234	<br />A Windowmaker dockapp that displays the CPU and system temperatures.
235	By Roger Dunce.</li>
236	<li><a href="http://www.gnodde.org/projects/wmtemp.php">WMtemp</a>
237	<br />Another Windowmaker dockapp that displays the CPU and system temperatures.
238	By Peter Gnodde. Inspired from WMgtemp.</li>
239	<li><a href="http://member.melbpc.org.au/~iann/varyfan/">Varyfan</a>
240	<br />A C program to vary the fan speeds for the CPU and case fans according to
241	the temperature of the CPU and motherboard. By Ian Nicholls, more or less
242	abandoned.</li>
243	<li><a href="http://www.linuxhardware.org/xsensors/">xsensors</a>
244	<br />A X11 version of sensors. Requires GTK+ 2.0. Nice, although many chips are not
245	supported yet.</li>
246	<li>Floyd Davidson has nice <a href="http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson/sensors/">monitoring
247	data graphics</a> generated using
248	<a href="http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson/code/sensors/">modified tellerstats
249	scripts</a></li>
250	<li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/e-sensors/">E-Sensors</a>
251	<br />An Enlightenment frontend (<i>epplet</i>) to lm_sensors, by Øystein Haare.</li>
252	</ul>
253	</li>
254	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="other">Other hardware monitoring implementations (not using LM Sensors)</a></span>
255	<ul>
256	<li><a href="http://mbm.livewiredev.com/">Motherboard Monitor</a>
257	<br />A very comprehensive package for Windows, unfortunately discontinued.
258	Supports many many devices. Also has a <a href="http://mbm.livewiredev.com/mobolist.html">great
259	database of motherboards</a>. We wish to thank the author, Alex van Kaam, for the
260	great cooperation we had.</li>
261	<li><a href="http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/files/lm78_stuff/">Alexander Larsson's
262	LM78 module</a>
263	<br />The original module LM Sensors is based upon.</li>
264	<li><a href="http://www.beowulf.org/software/">Beowulf project LM78 module</a>
265	<br />By Erik Hendriks. Old, probably unmaintained.</li>
266	<li><a href="http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/">smartmontools</a>
267	<br />The smartmontools package contains two utility programs
268	(smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems
269	using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
270	System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard
271	disks. </li>
272	<li><a href="http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php">hddtemp</a>
273	<br />Get the hard drive temperatures
274	using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
275	System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard
276	disks. Much simpler than smartmontools.</li>
277	<li><a href="http://www.ganzfix.de/">TXWD</a>
278	<br />Another LM78/LM75 module, by Chris Benndorf.</li>
279	<li><a href="ftp://ftp.hypercore.co.jp/linux-sbs/kernel-patches/">Beta SMBus access
280	through the BIOS interface</a>
281	<br />Old, obviously abandoned.</li>
282	</ul>
283	</li>
284	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="tools">Other useful tools</a></span>
285	<ul>
286	<li><a href="http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/">CPUBurn</a>
287	<br />CPU-heating program to stress-test marginally-cooled systems and test
288	LM Sensors. Highly recommended.</li>
289	<li><a href="http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/">RRDTool (Round Robin
290	Database)</a>
291	<br />A database for readings taken over time, such as sensor data.
292	The LM Sensors package contains scripts to create and update an RRD database
293	and graphically display the data on webpages.</li>
294	</ul>
295	</li>
296	<li><span class="toplvl"><a name="papers">White papers, documents, articles and other things</a></span>
297	<ul>
298	<li><a href="http://www.sbs-forum.org/marcom/winter01/Designing%20with%20SMBus%202.pdf">
299	Designing with SMBus 2.0</a><br />
300	A great introduction to SMBus 2.0 and the differences with version 1.x.</li>
301	<li><a href="http://www.dmtf.org/standards/standard_alert.php">Alert standard format
302	(ASF) specification</a>
303	<br />A standard for system management messages using the SMBus
304	and passing this information to remote management devices. By the DMTF.</li>
305	<li><a href="http://www.tip.net.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html">Recursive
306	make considered harmful</a>
307	<br />A paper on which the version 2 Makefile is based.</li>
308	<li><a href="http://www.thermometrics.com/assets/images/ntcnotes.pdf">NTC thermistors</a>
309	<br />A comprehensive description of the physics and mathematics of NTC thermistors.</li>
310	<li><a href="http://www.jedec.org/DOWNLOAD/jedec/JEP106I.pdf">Standard manufacturer's
311	identification code</a>
312	<br />The official list of Manufacturer IDs for EEPROMs.</li>
313	<li><a href="http://www.temperatures.com/">About temperature sensors</a>
314	<br />A web guide to devices that measure temperature. General information.</li>
315	<li><a href="http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/33-04/temperatures/index.html">Measuring
316	temperatures on computer chips with speed and accuracy</a>
317	<br />The advantages of thermal diodes over traditional thermistors.</li>
318	<li><a href="http://www-900.ibm.com/developerWorks/cn/linux/hardware/stability/index_eng.shtml">Linux
319	hardware stability guide</a>
320	<br />A nice article about using LM Sensors for diagnosing hardware problems.</li>
321	<li><a href="http://leenooks.com/163">Linux
322	hardware monitoring INcompatibility guide</a>
323	<br />A list of chips that don't work well under Linux.</li>
324	<li><a href="http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/38-02/fan_speed.html">Why
325	and how to control fan speed for cooling electronic equipment</a>
326	<br />A comprehensive article by Mary Burke comparing fan speed
327	control methods</li>
328	</ul>
329	</li>
330	</ul>
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