[PATCH V1 07/11] ARM: dts: imx6qdl-sabrelite: add pwms for backlights

Eric Nelson eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Fri Dec 13 09:09:54 EST 2013


Hi Marek,

On 12/13/2013 04:53 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Friday, December 13, 2013 at 02:49:11 AM, Troy Kisky wrote:
>> add pwm1 for lcd backlight
>> add pwm4 for lvds backlight
>> add pwm3 for ov5640 mipi clock
>
> The camera needs a PWM ? I am a little surprised by such a design, but I might
> just be lacking knowledge.
>

The PWM is used to provide a clock to the camera (with a constant
50% duty cycle).

We do the same with our parallel camera interface, avoiding
external oscillators.

Regards,


Eric



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