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Independent Watchdog (IWTD)

Function Introduction

The watchdog timer is a hardware timing circuit primarily used to monitor the system for faults caused by software anomalies. The independent watchdog module is based on a 32-bit down-counter, using a clock independent of PCLK. When the counter decrements to zero, an interrupt request is generated, and the counter reloads its initial value to begin counting down again. If the interrupt is not cleared before the counter reaches zero again, a reset request is generated, and the counter stops counting. Both interrupt and reset requests can be enabled or disabled via register configuration. When the interrupt request is disabled, the counter stops counting. Upon re-enabling the interrupt request, the counter reloads its initial value and resumes counting down.

To configure the software, 0x1ACCE551 must be written to the lock register to access other related registers.

Register Mapping

The base address for IWTD register mapping is 0x40032000. Detailed register mapping is shown in Table I-1.

Table I-1 IWTD Register Mapping

Offset Name Bit Width Type Reset Value Description
0x00 WdogLoad 32 R/W 0xFFFFFF Initial count value register
0x04 WdogValue 32 RO 0xFFFFFFFF Count value register
0x08 WdogControl 32 R/W 0x00000000 Control register
0x0C WdogIntClr 32 WO - Interrupt clear register
0x10 WdogRIS 32 RO 0x00000000 Raw interrupt status register
0x14 WdogMIS 32 RO 0x00000000 Masking interrupt status register
0xC00 WdogLock 32 R/W 0x00000000 Lock register

Count Initial Value Register (WdogLoad)

Offset: 0x00

Reset value: 0xFFFFFFFF

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:0 WdogLoad 0xFFFFFFFF R/W Initial count register

Count Value Register (WdogValue)

Offset: 0x04

Reset value: 0xFFFFFFFF

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:0 WdogValue 0xFFFFFFFF R/W Count value register

Control Register (WdogControl)

Offset: 0x08

Reset value: 0x00000000

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:2 Reserved 0x00000000 R/W Reserved
1 RESEN 0 R/W Reset request enable:
0: Disable
1: Enable
0 INTEN 0 R/W Interrupt request enable:
0: disable
1: enable

Interrupt Clear Register (WdogIntClr)

Offset: 0x0C

Reset value:-

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:0 WdogIntClr - WO Interrupt clear register:
Write any value to this register to clear the interrupt request. The counter overloads the initial value to count down.

Raw Interrupt Status Register (WdogRIS)

Offset: 0x10

Reset value: 0x00000000

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:1 Reserved 0x00000000 RO Reserved
0 WdogRIS 0 RO Original interrupt status

Masking Interrupt Status Register (WdogMIS)

Offset: 0x14

Reset value: 0x00000000

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:1 Reserved 0x00000000 RO Reserved
0 WdogMIS 0 RO Masking interrupt status

Lock Register (WdogLock)

Offset: 0xC00

Reset value: 0x00000000

Bit Field Name Reset Value Type Description
31:2 WdogLock 0x00000000 R/W Lock register:
Write 0x1ACCE551 to this register to write all other registers related to the module, otherwise you cannot write all other registers
When reading this register:
0x00000000: all other registers can be written
0x00000001: all other registers cannot be written