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WATCHDOG TIMER (Cont’d)
The application program must write in the CR reg-
ister at regular intervals during normal operation to
prevent an MCU reset. This downcounter is free-
running: it counts down even if the watchdog is
disabled. The value to be stored in the CR register
must be between FFh and C0h (see Table 12
.Watchdog Timing):
– The WDGA bit is set (watchdog enabled)
– The T6 bit is set to prevent generating an imme-
diate reset
– The T[5:0] bits contain the number of increments
which represents the time delay before the
watchdog produces a reset.
Following a reset, the watchdog is disabled. Once
activated it cannot be disabled, except by a reset.
The T6 bit can be used to generate a software re-
set (the WDGA bit is set and the T6 bit is cleared).
If the watchdog is activated, the HALT instruction
will generate a Reset.
Table 12.Watchdog Timing
WDG
Counter Code
C0h
FFh
fCPU = 8MHz
min
[ms]
1
127
max
[ms]
2
128
Notes:
1. The timing variation shown in Table 12 is due to
the unknown status of the prescaler when writing
to the CR register.
2. The number of CPU clock cycles applied during
the RESET phase (256 or 4096) must be taken
into account in addition to these timings.
11.1.4 Hardware Watchdog Option
If Hardware Watchdog is selected by option byte,
the watchdog is always active and the WDGA bit in
the CR is not used.
Refer to the Option Byte description in section 15
on page 149.
11.1.4.1 Using Halt Mode with the WDG
(WDGHALT option)
If Halt mode with Watchdog is enabled by option
byte (No watchdog reset on HALT instruction), it is
recommended before executing the HALT instruc-
tion to refresh the WDG counter, to avoid an unex-
pected WDG reset immediately after waking up
the microcontroller. Same behaviour in active-halt
mode.
11.1.5 Interrupts
None.
11.1.6 Register Description
CONTROL REGISTER (WDGCR)
Read / Write
Reset Value: 0111 1111 (7Fh)
7
0
WDGA T6 T5 T4 T3 T2 T1 T0
Bit 7 = WDGA Activation bit.
This bit is set by software and only cleared by
hardware after a reset. When WDGA = 1, the
watchdog can generate a reset.
0: Watchdog disabled
1: Watchdog enabled
Note: This bit is not used if the hardware watch-
dog option is enabled by option byte.
Bit 6:0 = T[6:0] 7-bit timer (MSB to LSB).
These bits contain the decremented value. A reset
is produced when it rolls over from 40h to 3Fh (T6
becomes cleared).
Table 13. Watchdog Timer Register Map and Reset Values
Address
(Hex.)
Register
Label
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
002Eh
WDGCR
WDGA
Reset Value
0
T6
1
T5
1
T4
1
T3
1
T2
1
T1
1
T0
1
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