
RM0008
Independent watchdog (IWDG)
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19.4 IWDG
registers
Refer to
for a list of abbreviations used in register descriptions.
The peripheral registers can be accessed by half-words (16-bit) or words (32-bit).
19.4.1
Key register (IWDG_KR)
Address offset: 0x00
Reset value: 0x0000 0000 (reset by Standby mode)
19.4.2
Prescaler register (IWDG_PR)
Address offset: 0x04
Reset value: 0x0000 0000
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0
Reserved
KEY[15:0]
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
Bits 31:16 Reserved, read as 0.
Bits 15:0
KEY[15:0]:
Key value (write only, read 0000h)
These bits must be written by software at regular intervals with the key value AAAAh,
otherwise the watchdog generates a reset when the counter reaches 0.
Writing the key value 5555h to enable access to the IWDG_PR and IWDG_RLR registers
(see
Writing the key value CCCCh starts the watchdog (except if the hardware watchdog option is
selected)
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0
Reserved
PR[2:0]
rw
rw
rw
Bits 31:3 Reserved, read as 0.
Bits 2:0
PR[2:0]:
Prescaler divider
These bits are write access protected see
. They are written by software to
select the prescaler divider feeding the counter clock. PVU bit of IWDG_SR must be reset in
order to be able to change the prescaler divider.
000: divider /4
001: divider /8
010: divider /16
011: divider /32
100: divider /64
101: divider /128
110: divider /256
111: divider /256
Note: Reading this register returns the prescaler value from the VDD voltage domain. This
value may not be up to date/valid if a write operation to this register is ongoing. For this
reason the value read from this register is valid only when the PVU bit in the IWDG_SR
register is reset.