yas530_measure(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… yas530_measure(9) β€” Kernel API Manual 🧲✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about yas530_measure. yes bestie, it's a function. yes it's (9). no we're not scared of it.


🌸 NAME 🌸

yas530_measure β€” Make a measure from the hardware. that's it, that's the vibe. it goes and gets you the numbers straight off the chip πŸ’–


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int yas530_measure (struct yas5xx *yas5xx , u16 *t , u16 *x , u16 *y1 ,
u16 *y2 );

lowkey iconic signature honestly. returns an int, takes a struct yas5xx * and four u16 *s. slay.


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • yas5xx β€” The device state. your lil chip's whole situation, passed in as a pointer 🫢
  • t β€” the raw temperature measurement 🌑️ (raw, like, not cooked, no processing)
  • x β€” the raw x axis measurement πŸ“
  • y1 β€” the y1 axis measurement ✨
  • y2 β€” the y2 axis measurement πŸ’«
✨ ngl, notice that x gets plain old "x axis measurement" but y1 and y2 are literally named as y1 and y2 axis measurements. that's not me being cute, that's the doc. keep it straight bestie πŸ’…

πŸ”₯ RETURN πŸ”₯

0 on success or error code. that's it. zero means we ate, anything else means something went sideways 😭


🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Used by YAS530, YAS532 and YAS533. that's the whole family, fr fr. three chips, one measure function, no cap πŸ‘‘


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

like, go read those too, they're all in the same friend group πŸ’œ


okay that's the whole page bestie, mwah πŸ’‹ it lives under ./drivers/iio/magnetometer and it's dated October 2026 β€” so go forth, call yas530_measure, get your raw temp and your x/y1/y2, and remember: 0 on success, error code otherwise. periodt. πŸ“πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ

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