Lpc2000

Hi Juergen,

You cannot use the watchdog as a periodic timer interrupt because on 
watchdog interrupt the CPU is reset almost equivalent to an external reset.

Jaya

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, rekerj@... wrote:
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > how can I use the watchdog as a periodic timer?
 >
 > >using the watchdog with interrupt has two options, you use it as a
 > >periodic timer interrupt or for debugging,...
 >
 > The information i've found in the manual is:
 > "The Watchdog Interrupt Flag is set when the watchdog times out. This 
flag is cleared when any reset occurs."
 >
 > Due to this it isn't possible to clear the Watchdog Interrupt Flag by 
software. But when I can't clear this flag, I can handle this interrupt 
only one time and that wouldn't be sense of a periodic timer.
 >
 > Juergen

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