drivers: introduce Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT) driver

This driver allows to communication (receive data) with SENT device

Signed-off-by: Cong Nguyen Huu <cong.nguyenhuu@nxp.com>

Author: congnguyenhuu

MAINTAINERS.yml

@@ -2120,6 +2120,23 @@ Release Notes:
   tests:
     - drivers.sensor
 
+"Drivers: SENT":
+  status: maintained
+  maintainers:
+    - manuargue
+    - Dat-NguyenDuy
+  collaborators:
+    - congnguyenhuu
+  files:
+    - drivers/sent/
+    - include/zephyr/drivers/sent/
+    - dts/bindings/sent/
+    - doc/hardware/peripherals/sent.rst
+  labels:
+    - "area: SENT"
+  tests:
+    - drivers.sent
+
 "Drivers: SMBus":
   status: maintained
   maintainers:

doc/hardware/peripherals/index.rst

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Peripherals
    retained_mem.rst
    sdhc.rst
    sensor/index.rst
+   sent.rst
    spi.rst
    stepper.rst
    smbus.rst

doc/hardware/peripherals/sent.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. _sent_api:
+
+Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT)
+######################################
+
+Overview
+********
+
+The SENT API provides functionality to communicate with Single Edge Nibble
+Transmission (SENT) devices.
+
+Configuration Options
+*********************
+
+Related configuration options:
+
+* :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_SENT`
+
+API Reference
+*************
+
+.. doxygengroup:: sent_interface

drivers/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_RETAINED_MEM retained_mem)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_RTC rtc)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SDHC sdhc)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SENSOR sensor)
+add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SENT sent)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SERIAL serial)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SMBUS smbus)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SPI spi)

drivers/Kconfig

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ source "drivers/retained_mem/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/rtc/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/sdhc/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/sensor/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/sent/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/sip_svc/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/smbus/Kconfig"

drivers/sent/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Copyright 2025 NXP
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+zephyr_syscall_header(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/drivers/sent/sent.h)
+
+zephyr_library()
+
+zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_SENT_NXP_S32 sent_nxp_s32.c)

drivers/sent/Kconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2025 NXP
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+menuconfig SENT
+	bool "SENT Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SENT)"
+	help
+	  Enable SENT Driver Configuration
+
+if SENT
+
+module = SENT
+module-str = sent
+source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
+
+config SENT_INIT_PRIORITY
+	int "SENT driver init priority"
+	default KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEVICE
+	help
+	  SENT driver device initialization priority.
+
+source "drivers/sent/Kconfig.nxp_s32"
+
+endif # SENT

drivers/sent/Kconfig.nxp_s32

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright 2025 NXP
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+config SENT_NXP_S32
+	bool "NXP S32 SENT driver"
+	default y
+	depends on DT_HAS_NXP_S32_SENT_ENABLED
+	select PINCTRL if $(dt_compat_any_has_prop,$(DT_COMPAT_NXP_S32_SENT),pinctrl-0)
+	help
+	  Enable support for NXP S32 SENT driver.