ZHCS429J March 2012 – November 2021 UCD3138
PRODUCTION DATA
A watchdog timer is provided on the device for ensuring proper firmware loop execution. The timer is clocked off of a separate low speed oscillator source. If the timer is allowed to expire, a reset condition is issued to the ARM processor. The watchdog is reset by a simple CPU write bit to the watchdog key register by the firmware routine. On device power-up the watchdog is disabled. Yet after it is enabled, the watchdog cannot be disabled by firmware. Only a device reset can put this bit back to the default disabled state. A half timer flag is also provided for status monitoring of the watchdog.