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Watchdog timer control register – wdtcr, Atmega162/v – Rainbow Electronics ATmega162V User Manual

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ATmega162/V

2513E–AVR–09/03

shown in Table 22. Safety level 0 corresponds to the setting in ATmega161. There is no
restriction on enabling the WDT in any of the safety levels. Refer to “Timed Sequences
for Changing the Configuration of the Watchdog Timer” on page 55 f
or details.

Figure 27. Watchdog Timer

Watchdog Timer Control
Register – WDTCR

• Bits 7..5 – Res: Reserved Bits

These bits are reserved bits in the ATmega162 and will always read as zero.

• Bit 4 – WDCE: Watchdog Change Enable

This bit must be set when the WDE bit is written to logic zero. Otherwise, the Watchdog
will not be disabled. Once written to one, hardware will clear this bit after four clock
cycles. Refer to the description of the WDE bit for a Watchdog disable procedure. In
Safety Levels 1 and 2, this bit must also be set when changing the prescaler bits. See
“Timed Sequences for Changing the Configuration of the Watchdog Timer” on page 55.

• Bit 3 – WDE: Watchdog Enable

When the WDE is written to logic one, the Watchdog Timer is enabled, and if the WDE is
written to logic zero, the Watchdog Timer function is disabled. WDE can only be cleared

Table 22. WDT Configuration as a Function of the Fuse Settings of M161C and
WDTON.

M161C

WDTON

Safety

Level

WDT
Initial
State

How to Disable
the WDT

How to
Change Time-
out

Unprogrammed

Unprogrammed

1

Disabled

Timed sequence

Timed
sequence

Unprogrammed

Programmed

2

Enabled

Always enabled

Timed
sequence

Programmed

Unprogrammed

0

Disabled

Timed sequence

No restriction

Programmed

Programmed

2

Enabled

Always enabled

Timed
sequence

WATCHDOG

OSCILLATOR

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

WDCE

WDE

WDP2

WDP1

WDP0

WDTCR

Read/Write

R

R

R

R/W

R/W

R/W

R/W

R/W

Initial Value

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0