Watchdog Timer
8-14
Table 8–18. Load Timer Register (LOAD_TIM)
Bit
Name
Description
Reset
Value
15–0
LOAD_TIM
General-purpose timer. This value is loaded when timer passes through
0 or when it starts.
Watchdog timer. Reload timer with this value.
FFFF
Table 8–19. Read Timer Register (READ_TIM)
Bit
Name
Description
Reset
Value
15–0
VALUE_TIM
Value of timer
FFFF
Table 8–20. Timer Mode (TIMER_MODE)
Bit
Name
Value
Description
Reset
Value
15
WATCHDOG
Write access:
1: Switch back from timer mode to watchdog
Writing a 0 in this bit has no effect.
1
Read access:
Status of timer mode:
0
Timer is used as a general-purpose counter.
1
Timer is used as a watchdog timer.
14–8
Reserved
7–0
WATCHDOG_DIS
Write access only:
Writing a predefined sequence (0xF5 followed by 0xA0) in
this field disables watchdog functionality. After having
received 0xF5, if the second write access is different from
0xA0, the DSP core is reset.
1