Watchdog

Let's disable the house-keeper

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• A watchdog timer (WDT) is a hardware timer that automatically generates a system reset if the main program neglects to periodically service it. It is often used to automatically reset an embedded device that hangs because of a software or hardware fault.
• A watchdog timer sometimes called a computer operating properly or COP timer, or simply a watchdog is an electronic or software timer that is used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions.
• During normal operation, the application regularly restarts the watchdog timer to prevent it from elapsing, or "timing out". If, due to a hardware fault or program error, the application fails to restart the watchdog, the timer will elapse and generate a timeout signal. The timeout signal is used to initiate corrective actions. The corrective actions typically include placing the computer and associated hardware in a safe state and invoking a computer reboot.
• It is recommended to disable the watchdog timer, in case of non continous use.

Structure Definitions

pub struct WatchDog { /* fields omitted */ }

WatchDog Represents a struct containing the register definition for watchdog timer. These include:

• MCUSR (MCU Status Register): The MCU status register provides information on which reset source caused an MCU reset.

• WDTCSR (Watchdog Timer Control Register) : Used to control the action of timer on timeout.

  Mode Action	on Time-out
  Stopped	None
  Interrupt mode	Interrupt
  System reset mode	Reset
  Interrupt and system reset mode	Interrupt, then go to system reset mode

More about these registers and Watchdog timer can be found at Section 10.9 of ATmega328P datasheet.

Trait Implementations

Impl new for WatchDog

pub unsafe fn new() -> &'static mut WatchDog

Usage:

use rustduino::hal::WatchDog;

let mut wdt = WatchDog::new();

// Here wdt is the pointer to the struct Watchdog.

Return a struct pointer containing register definition of the watchdog timer.

Impl disable for WatchDog

pub fn disable(&mut self)

Usage:

use rustduino::hal::WatchDog;

let mut wdt = WatchDog::new(); // creating pointer to the struct Watchdog.

wdt.disable(); // disabling the watchdog timer.

OR

WatchDog::disable(WatchDog::new());

Disables the watchdog timer by performing the following sequence of operations:

• Disabling interrupts globally.
• Resetting Watchdog timer
• Disabling watchdog timer
• Restoring the previous interrupts state