COP8SBR9 NSC [National Semiconductor], COP8SBR9 Datasheet - Page 57

• Manufacturer Part Number: COP8SBR9
• Description: 8-Bit CMOS Flash Based Microcontroller with 32k Memory, Virtual EEPROM and Brownout
• Manufacturer: NSC [National Semiconductor]

16.0 WATCHDOG/Clock Monitor
The devices contain a user selectable WATCHDOG and
clock monitor. The following section is applicable only if the
WATCHDOG feature has been selected in the Option regis-
ter. The WATCHDOG is designed to detect the user program
getting stuck in infinite loops resulting in loss of program
control or “runaway” programs.
The WATCHDOG logic contains two separate service win-
dows. While the user programmable upper window selects
the WATCHDOG service time, the lower window provides
protection against an infinite program loop that contains the
WATCHDOG service instruction. The WATCHDOG uses the
Idle Timer (T0) and thus all times are measured in Idle Timer
Clocks.
The Clock Monitor is used to detect the absence of a clock or
a very slow clock below a specified rate on t
The WATCHDOG consists of two independent logic blocks:
WD UPPER and WD LOWER. WD UPPER establishes the
upper limit on the service window and WD LOWER defines
the lower limit of the service window.
Servicing the WATCHDOG consists of writing a specific
value to a WATCHDOG Service Register named WDSVR
16.1 CLOCK MONITOR
The Clock Monitor aboard the device can be selected or
deselected under program control. The Clock Monitor is
guaranteed not to reject the clock if the instruction cycle
clock (1/t
clock input rate on the selected oscillator of greater or equal
to 25 kHz.
16.2 WATCHDOG/CLOCK MONITOR OPERATION
The WATCHDOG is enabled by bit 2 of the Option register.
When this Option bit is 0, the WATCHDOG is enabled and
pin G1 becomes the WATCHDOG output with a weak pull-
up.
The WATCHDOG and Clock Monitor are disabled during
reset. The device comes out of reset with the WATCHDOG
armed, the WATCHDOG Window Select bits (bits 6, 7 of the
WDSVR Register) set, and the Clock Monitor bit (bit 0 of the
WDSVR Register) enabled. Thus, a Clock Monitor error will
occur after coming out of reset, if the instruction cycle clock
frequency has not reached a minimum specified value, in-
cluding the case where the oscillator fails to start.
The WDSVR register can be written to only once after reset
and the key data (bits 5 through 1 of the WDSVR Register)
must match to be a valid write. This write to the WDSVR
register involves two irrevocable choices: (i) the selection of
the WATCHDOG service window (ii) enabling or disabling of
the Clock Monitor. Hence, the first write to WDSVR Register
WDSVR
Bit 7
X
X
0
0
1
1
C
) is greater or equal to 5 kHz. This equates to a
WDSVR
Bit 6
0
1
0
1
X
X
TABLE 21. WATCHDOG Service Window Select
C
.
Monitor
Clock
Bit 0
X
X
X
X
0
1
2048-8k t
2048-16k t
2048-32k t
2048-64k t
Clock Monitor Disabled
Clock Monitor Enabled
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for High Speed Mode
(Lower-Upper Limits)
which is memory mapped in the RAM. This value is com-
posed of three fields, consisting of a 2-bit Window Select, a
5-bit Key Data field, and the 1-bit Clock Monitor Select field.
Table 20 shows the WDSVR register.
The lower limit of the service window is fixed at 2048 Idle
Timer Clocks. Bits 7 and 6 of the WDSVR register allow the
user to pick an upper limit of the service window.
Table 21 shows the four possible combinations of lower and
upper limits for the WATCHDOG service window. This flex-
ibility in choosing the WATCHDOG service window prevents
any undue burden on the user software.
Bits 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 of the WDSVR register represent the
5-bit Key Data field. The key data is fixed at 01100. Bit 0 of
the WDSVR Register is the Clock Monitor Select bit.
involves selecting or deselecting the Clock Monitor, select
the WATCHDOG service window and match the WATCH-
DOG key data. Subsequent writes to the WDSVR register
will compare the value being written by the user to the
WATCHDOG service window value, the key data and the
Clock Monitor Enable (all bits) in the WDSVR Register. Table
22 shows the sequence of events that can occur.
The user must service the WATCHDOG at least once before
the upper limit of the service window expires. The
WATCHDOG may not be serviced more than once in every
lower limit of the service window.
When jumping to the boot ROM for ISP and virtual E2
operations, the hardware will disable the lower window error
and perform an immediate WATCHDOG service. The ISP
routines will service the WATCHDOG within the selected
upper window. The ISP routines will service the WATCH-
DOG immediately prior to returning execution back to the
user’s code in flash. Therefore, after returning to flash
memory, the user can service the WATCHDOG anytime
following the return from boot ROM, but must service it within
the selected upper window to avoid a WATCHDOG error.
The WATCHDOG has an output pin associated with it. This
is the WDOUT pin, on pin 1 of the port G. WDOUT is active
low. The WDOUT pin has a weak pull-up in the inactive
state. Upon triggering the WATCHDOG, the logic will pull the
WDOUT (G1) pin low for an additional 16–32 cycles after the
signal level on WDOUT pin goes below the lower Schmitt
Service Window
Window
TABLE 20. WATCHDOG Service Register (WDSVR)
X
7
Select
C
C
C
C
Cycles
Cycles
Cycles
Cycles
X
6
0
5
1
4
2048-8k Cycles of 32 kHz Clk
2048-16k Cycles of LS 32 kHz Clk
2048-32k Cycles of LS 32 kHz Clk
2048-64k Cycles of LS 32 kHz Clk
Clock Monitor Disabled
Clock Monitor Enabled
Key Data
for Dual Clock & Low Speed
1
3
(Lower-Upper Limits)
Service Window
0
2
Modes
0
1
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Monitor
Clock
Y
0