Rainbow Electronics W79E8213R - Manual (Page 67)

Preliminary W79E8213/W79E8213R Data Sheet
Publication Release Date: July 11, 2008
- 67 - Revision A2
any errant code is executed now, then the reset Watchdog Timer instructions will not be executed at
the required instants and Watchdog reset will occur.
The Watchdog Timer time-out selection will result in different time-out values depending on the clock
speed. The reset, when enabled, will occur when 512 clocks after time-out has occurred.
WD1 WD0
INTERRUPT
TIME-OUT
RESET
TIME-OUT
NUMBER OF
CLOCKS
TIME
@ 10 MHZ
0 0 2 17 2 17 + 512 131072 13.11 mS
0 1 2
20
2
20
+ 512 1048576 104.86 mS
1 0 2
23
2
23
+ 512 8388608 838.86 mS
1 1 2
26
2
26
+ 512 67108864 6710.89 mS
Table 15-1: Time-out values for the Watchdog Timer
The Watchdog Timer will be disabled by a power-on/fail reset. The Watchdog Timer reset does not
disable the Watchdog Timer, but will restart it. In general, software should restart the timer to put it into
a known state. The control bits that support the Watchdog Timer are discussed below.
15.1 WATCHDOG CONTROL
WDIF: WDCON.3 - Watchdog Timer Interrupt flag. This bit is set whenever the time-out occurs in the
Watchdog Timer. If the Watchdog interrupt is enabled (EIE.4), then an interrupt will occur (if the global
interrupt enable is set and other interrupt requirements are met). Software or any reset can clear this
bit.
WTRF: WDCON.2 - Watchdog Timer Reset flag. This bit is set whenever a watchdog reset occurs.
This bit is useful for determined the cause of a reset. Software must read it, and clear it manually. A
Power-fail reset will clear this bit. If EWRST = 0, then this bit will not be affected by the Watchdog
Timer.
EWRST: WDCON.1 - Enable Watchdog Timer Reset. This bit when set to 1 will enable the Watchdog
Timer reset function. Setting this bit to 0 will disable the Watchdog Timer reset function, but will leave
the timer running.
WDCLR: WDCON.0 - Reset Watchdog Timer. This bit is used to clear the Watchdog Timer and to
restart it. This bit is self-clearing, so after the software writes 1 to it the hardware will automatically
clear it. If the Watchdog Timer reset is enabled, then the WDCLR has to be set by the user within 512
clocks of the time-out. If this is not done then a Watchdog Timer reset will occur.
15.2 CLOCK CONTROL of Watchdog
WD1, WD0: WDCON.5, WDCON.4 - Watchdog Timer Mode select bits. These two bits select the
time-out interval for the watchdog timer. The reset time is 512 clocks longer than the interrupt time-out
value.
The default Watchdog time-out is 2
17
clocks, which is the shortest time-out period. The WDRUN, WD0,
WD1, EWRST, WDIF and WDCLR bits are protected by the Timed Access procedure. This prevents
software from accidentally enabling or disabling the watchdog timer. More importantly, it makes it
highly improbable that errant code can enable or disable the Watchdog Timer.