Programmer’s Reference

4.28Watchdog

The PrimeCell Watchdog module is an AMBA compliant SoC peripheral developed, tested and licensed by ARM Limited. The Watchdog module consists of a 32-bit down counter with a programmable timeout interval that has the capability to generate an interrupt and a reset signal on timing out. It is intended to be used to apply a reset to a system in the event of a software failure.

Note

The Watchdog counter is disabled if the core is in debug state.

 

Table 4-77 Watchdog implementation

 

 

Property

Value

 

 

Location

ARM926EJ-S PXP Development Chip

 

 

Memory base address

0x101E1000

 

 

Interrupt

0 on primary controller

 

 

DMA

NA

 

 

Release version

ARM WDOG SP805 r1p0-02ltd0

 

 

Reference documentation

ARM PrimeCell Watchdog Controller (SP805) Technical

 

Reference Manual

 

 

The following Watchdog module parameters are programmable:

interrupt generation enable/disable

interrupt masking

reset signal generation enable/disable

interrupt interval.

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