Quantum SBC User Manual Rev A
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15.7
MTBF Data
Figure 7: MTBF Data Section
This section contains information regarding start up information. The power cycle data box shows the number of
times a reset of the watchdog timer occurred
. To get the data click on the “Read Data” the counter data will be
displayed in the counter field. The MTBF data section describes time duration to initialize the hardware. Time
duration is shown is seconds. For each operation, status will be logged in the bottom section of the window. The
user is not allowed to modify the data. The counter cannot be cleared by the user.
For a successful read operation of the MTBF data section, the following message will be displayed in the
“Messages” area:
Reading Data…
Done!
For a successful read operation of the Power Cycle Data section, the following message will be displayed in the
“Messages” area:
Reading counter data…
Done!
When the firmware is flashed for the first time and there is no watchdog reset and the Power Cycle Data will show
an initialization
value such as “0xFFFFFFFF”. After the first watchdog timer reset it will show “0x000001” and then
it will increment by one for each subsequent watchdog reset.