Watchdog Timer
6-12
6.3.4
Watchdog Timer Registers
Table 6–11 lists the watchdog timer registers. Table 6–12 through Table 6–15
describe the register bits.
Base address for watchdog timer: FFFE:C800
Bit width: 32 bits
Table 6–11.
Watchdog Timer Registers
Name
Description
R/W
Size
Offset
Reset
Value
CNTL_TIMER
Control timer
R/W
16 bits
x00
0x0002
LOAD_TIM
Load timer
W
16 bits
X04
0xFFFF
READ_TIM
Read timer
R
16 bits
X04
0xFFFF
TIMER_MODE
Timer mode
R/W
16 bits
X08
0x8000
Table 6–12. Control Timer Register (CNTL_TIMER)
Bits
Name
Value
Description
Reset
Value
15–12
RESERVED
11–9
PTV
Prescale clock timer value
0
8
AR
0
One-shot timer
0
1
Autoreload timer
7
ST
0
Stop timer
0
1
Start timer
6–2
RESERVED
1
FREE
0
Enables suspend functionality
1
1
Timer runs free, regardless of suspend value.
0
RESERVED
Reserved