A hardware watchdog timer that resets the system in the case of system failures or malfunctions. More...

#include <Watchdog.h>

Inheritance diagram for Watchdog:

Public Member Functions
bool	start ()
	Start the Watchdog timer with the maximum timeout value available for the target. More...

bool	start (uint32_t timeout)
	Start the Watchdog timer. More...

bool	stop ()
	Stop the Watchdog timer. More...

uint32_t	get_timeout () const
	Get the Watchdog timer refresh value. More...

uint32_t	get_max_timeout () const
	Get the maximum Watchdog refresh value for this platform. More...

bool	is_running () const
	Check if the Watchdog timer is already running. More...

void	kick ()
	Refresh the Watchdog timer. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Watchdog &	get_instance ()
	Get a reference to the single Watchdog instance in the system. More...

Detailed Description

A hardware watchdog timer that resets the system in the case of system failures or malfunctions.

If you fail to refresh the Watchdog timer periodically, it resets the system after a set period of time.

There is only one instance of the Watchdog class in the system, which directly maps to the hardware. Use Watchdog::get_instance to obtain a reference.

Watchdog::start initializes a system timer with a time period specified in timeout param. This timer counts down and triggers a system reset when it wraps. To prevent the system reset, you must periodically kick or refresh the timer by calling Watchdog::kick, which resets the countdown to the initial value.

Example:

Watchdog &watchdog = Watchdog::get_instance();
watchdog.start(500);
while (true) {
   // kick watchdog regularly within provided timeout
   watchdog.kick();
   // Application code
}

Note: Synchronization level: Interrupt safe

Definition at line 64 of file Watchdog.h.

Member Function Documentation

static Watchdog& get_instance ( )

static

Get a reference to the single Watchdog instance in the system.

Returns: A reference to the single Watchdog instance present in the system.

Definition at line 71 of file Watchdog.h.

uint32_t get_max_timeout ( ) const

Get the maximum Watchdog refresh value for this platform.

Returns: Maximum reload value supported by the Watchdog timer for this platform in milliseconds.

uint32_t get_timeout ( ) const

Get the Watchdog timer refresh value.

This function returns the refresh timeout of the watchdog peripheral.

Returns: Reload value for the Watchdog timer in milliseconds.

bool is_running ( ) const

Check if the Watchdog timer is already running.

Returns: true if the Watchdog timer is running and false otherwise.

void kick ( )

Refresh the Watchdog timer.

Call this function periodically before the Watchdog times out. Otherwise, the system resets.

If the Watchdog timer is not running, this function does nothing.

bool start ( )

Start the Watchdog timer with the maximum timeout value available for the target.

Note: The timeout is set to a value returned by Watchdog::get_max_timeout.

If the Watchdog timer is already running, this function does nothing.

Returns: true if the Watchdog timer was started successfully; false if the Watchdog timer was not started or if the Watchdog timer is already running.

bool start ( uint32_t timeout )

Start the Watchdog timer.

Note: Asset that the timeout param is supported by the target (0 < timeout <= Watchdog::get_max_timeout).

Parameters

timeout Watchdog timeout in milliseconds.

Returns: true if the Watchdog timer was started successfully; false if Watchdog timer was not started or if setting a new watchdog timeout was not possible.

bool stop ( )

Stop the Watchdog timer.

Calling this function disables a running Watchdog peripheral if the platform supports it.

Returns: true if the Watchdog timer was successfully stopped; false if the Watchdog timer cannot be disabled on this platform or if the Watchdog timer has not been started.

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