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Twelve peripheral driver documentation files contained only skeletal structure (< 20 words each). This adds complete documentation modeled after gpio.rst.

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Core peripherals - Added overview, devicetree config, and code examples:

  • counter.rst - Hardware timers/counters with alarm support (4 → 337 words)
  • watchdog.rst - Watchdog timer configuration and feeding (4 → 390 words)
  • pwm.rst - Pulse width modulation for LED dimming, motor control (7 → 402 words)
  • adc.rst - Analog-to-digital conversion with channel config (8 → 406 words)
  • spi.rst - Serial peripheral interface controller/peripheral modes (8 → 426 words)
  • pcie.rst - PCIe device enumeration and BAR mapping (9 → 389 words)
  • tgpio.rst - Time-aware GPIO with hardware timestamping (18 → 467 words)

Communication - Added overview and usage patterns:

  • ipm.rst - Inter-processor mailbox for multi-core systems (7 → 391 words)
  • i2c_eeprom_target.rst - Virtual EEPROM emulation via I2C target mode (6 → 399 words)

Subsystem indexes - Added comprehensive architectural overview:

  • audio/index.rst - Audio subsystem comprehensive guide covering architecture, components (codec, DMIC, I2S, DAI), audio data formats, buffer management, and complete system examples (11 → 971 words)
  • can/index.rst - CAN subsystem overview for controller and transceiver (12 → 196 words)

Documentation structure

Each file follows consistent sections:

  • Overview with key features and use cases
  • Devicetree configuration with hardware examples
  • Basic operation with functional code snippets
  • Kconfig options and API reference links

The audio documentation provides detailed coverage including:

  • Audio architecture layers (interfaces, codecs, processing)
  • Component-specific descriptions with use cases
  • Audio data handling (PCM/PDM formats, sample rates, channels)
  • Buffer management guidance
  • Complete system examples (playback, capture, full-duplex communication)

Example from counter.rst:

const struct device *counter_dev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_ALIAS(counter0));
struct counter_alarm_cfg alarm_cfg = {
    .ticks = counter_us_to_ticks(counter_dev, 1000000),
    .callback = alarm_callback,
};
counter_set_channel_alarm(counter_dev, 0, &alarm_cfg);
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<issue_title>Missing peripheral docs</issue_title>
<issue_description>These files have skeletal structure only (< 20 words):

  • counter.rst (4 words)
  • watchdog.rst (4 words)
  • i2c_eeprom_target.rst (6 words)
  • ipm.rst (7 words)
  • pwm.rst (7 words)
  • adc.rst (8 words)
  • spi.rst (8 words)
  • pcie.rst (9 words)
  • audio/index.rst (11 words)
  • can/index.rst (12 words)
  • gpio.rst (16 words)
  • tgpio.rst (18 words)

Add docs for each modeled after gpio.rst</issue_description>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add documentation for missing peripheral files Add comprehensive documentation for 12 peripheral drivers Nov 22, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from kartben November 22, 2025 11:14
Copilot finished work on behalf of kartben November 22, 2025 11:14
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You.need to iterate further on audio

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Copilot AI commented Nov 22, 2025

You.need to iterate further on audio

Expanded audio/index.rst with comprehensive content (136 → 969 words) in commit 872ee75. Added:

  • Audio architecture overview
  • Detailed component descriptions (Codec, DMIC, I2S, DAI)
  • Audio data formats, sample rates, and buffer management
  • Complete system examples (playback, capture, full-duplex)
  • Configuration options

The documentation now matches the depth of other subsystem indexes like sensor/index.rst and display/index.rst.

Copilot AI requested a review from kartben November 22, 2025 11:22
Copilot finished work on behalf of kartben November 22, 2025 11:22
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