ads1018_single_shot(9)

💅 ads1018_single_shot 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — today's main character is ads1018_single_shot, and yes she is that girl: she does one reading, she does it cute, and she goes home. no looping, no drama, one-shot energy only 🎯

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ads1018_single_shot — literally performs a one-shot reading sequence 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ads1018_single_shot (struct ads1018 *ads1018 , struct iio_chan_spec
const *chan , u16 *cnv );

three args, one int back, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ads1018 — Device data 💜 (the whole vibe of the device lives here)
• chan — Channel specification 🌈 (which channel we're being nosy about)
• cnv — Conversion value 💫 (where the answer goes, bestie)

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the whole plot: it writes a new configuration, waits an appropriate delay (yes, the appropriate one, she's not messy), and then reads the most recent conversion. that's it. that's the function. iconic behaviour, zero notes 💅✨

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👑 CONTEXT 👑

expects iio_device_claim_direct is held. so like… hold it. fr fr 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• negative errno on error 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1018.c
• ads1018_calc_delay(9)
• ads1018_spi_read_exclusive(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🍓💖 this lil gem lives over in ./drivers/iio/adc — version vibes: October 2026 — go forth and read exactly one conversion, periodt 🌟👑