WDT — Watchdog timer

The countdown watchdog timer (WDT) uses the low-frequency clock source (LFCLK) and offers configurable and robust protection against application lock-up.

WDT must be configured before it is started. After configuration, WDT is started by triggering the START task.

When WDT is running, its configuration registers (CRV, RREN, and CONFIG) are blocked for further configuration.

WDT can be paused while the CPU is sleeping, or when the debugger has halted the CPU. WDT is implemented as a down-counter that generates a TIMEOUT event when it wraps over after counting down to 0. When WDT is started by the START task, the watchdog counter is loaded with the value specified in the CRV register. This counter is also reloaded with the value specified in the CRV register when a reload request is granted.

The timeout period for the watchdog is given by the following equation:


      timeout [s] = ( CRV + 1 ) / 32768
    

When started, WDT will make the 32.768 kHz RC oscillator start if no other 32.768 kHz clock source is running and generating the 32.768 kHz system clock, see chapter CLOCK — Clock control.

Reload criteria

WDT has eight separate reload request registers. These registers are used to request WDT to reload its counter with the value specified in the CRV register. To reload the watchdog counter, write 0x6E524635 to all enabled reload registers.

One or more RR registers can be individually enabled through the RREN register.

Temporarily pausing the watchdog

By default, the watchdog will be active counting down the down-counter while the CPU is sleeping. It is possible to configure the watchdog to automatically pause when the CPU is sleeping or when it is stopped by the debugger.

Entering System OFF mode will stop and disable the watchdog.

Watchdog reset

A TIMEOUT event automatically leads to a watchdog reset.

If the watchdog is configured to generate an interrupt on the TIMEOUT event, the watchdog reset is postponed by two 32.768 kHz clock cycles after the TIMEOUT event is generated. Once the TIMEOUT event is generated, and unless the watchdog is stopped, the impending watchdog reset will occur.

The watchdog can be reset from several reset sources, see Application core reset behavior. After a reset, the watchdog configuration registers are available for configuration.

See RESET — Reset control for more information about reset sources.

Stopping the watchdog

By default, the watchdog cannot be stopped. It is possible to configure the watchdog to allow the STOP task.

To stop the watchdog, perform the following steps.
  1. Set the CONFIG register's STOPEN field to Enable during watchdog configuration.
  2. Write the special value 0x6E524635 to the TSEN register.
  3. Invoke the STOP task.
When these conditions are met, the watchdog is stopped and a STOPPED event is issued.

When the watchdog is stopped, its configuration registers CRV, RREN, and CONFIG are no longer blocked.

Note: It is recommended to write zeros to TSEN after the watchdog has stopped, to avoid runaway code triggering the STOP task.

Registers

Table 1. Instances
Base address Domain Peripheral Instance Secure mapping DMA security Description Configuration

0x50018000
0x40018000

APPLICATION WDT

WDT0 : S
WDT0 : NS

US

NA

Watchdog timer 0

   

0x50019000
0x40019000

APPLICATION WDT

WDT1 : S
WDT1 : NS

US

NA

Watchdog timer 1

   
0x4100B000 NETWORK WDT WDT NS NA

Watchdog timer

   
Table 2. Register overview
Register Offset Security Description
TASKS_START 0x000  

Start WDT

 
TASKS_STOP 0x004  

Stop WDT

 
SUBSCRIBE_START 0x080  

Subscribe configuration for task START

 
SUBSCRIBE_STOP 0x084  

Subscribe configuration for task STOP

 
EVENTS_TIMEOUT 0x100  

Watchdog timeout

 
EVENTS_STOPPED 0x104  

Watchdog stopped

 
PUBLISH_TIMEOUT 0x180  

Publish configuration for event TIMEOUT

 
PUBLISH_STOPPED 0x184  

Publish configuration for event STOPPED

 
INTENSET 0x304  

Enable interrupt

 
INTENCLR 0x308  

Disable interrupt

 
NMIENSET 0x324  

Enable interrupt

 
NMIENCLR 0x328  

Disable interrupt

 
RUNSTATUS 0x400  

Run status

 
REQSTATUS 0x404  

Request status

 
CRV 0x504  

Counter reload value

 
RREN 0x508  

Enable register for reload request registers

 
CONFIG 0x50C  

Configuration register

 
TSEN 0x520  

Task stop enable

 
RR[n] 0x600  

Reload request n

 

TASKS_START

Address offset: 0x000

Start WDT

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                               A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A W

TASKS_START

   

Start WDT

     

Trigger

1

Trigger task

TASKS_STOP

Address offset: 0x004

Stop WDT

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                               A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A W

TASKS_STOP

   

Stop WDT

     

Trigger

1

Trigger task

SUBSCRIBE_START

Address offset: 0x080

Subscribe configuration for task START

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID B                                               A A A A A A A A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

CHIDX

 

[255..0]

DPPI channel that task START will subscribe to

B RW

EN

     

     

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

     

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

SUBSCRIBE_STOP

Address offset: 0x084

Subscribe configuration for task STOP

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID B                                               A A A A A A A A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

CHIDX

 

[255..0]

DPPI channel that task STOP will subscribe to

B RW

EN

     

     

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

     

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

EVENTS_TIMEOUT

Address offset: 0x100

Watchdog timeout

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                               A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

EVENTS_TIMEOUT

   

Watchdog timeout

     

NotGenerated

0

Event not generated

     

Generated

1

Event generated

EVENTS_STOPPED

Address offset: 0x104

Watchdog stopped

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                               A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

EVENTS_STOPPED

   

Watchdog stopped

     

NotGenerated

0

Event not generated

     

Generated

1

Event generated

PUBLISH_TIMEOUT

Address offset: 0x180

Publish configuration for event TIMEOUT

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID B                                               A A A A A A A A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

CHIDX

 

[255..0]

DPPI channel that event TIMEOUT will publish to.

B RW

EN

     

     

Disabled

0

Disable publishing

     

Enabled

1

Enable publishing

PUBLISH_STOPPED

Address offset: 0x184

Publish configuration for event STOPPED

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID B                                               A A A A A A A A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

CHIDX

 

[255..0]

DPPI channel that event STOPPED will publish to.

B RW

EN

     

     

Disabled

0

Disable publishing

     

Enabled

1

Enable publishing

INTENSET

Address offset: 0x304

Enable interrupt

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                             B A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

TIMEOUT

   

Write '1' to enable interrupt for event TIMEOUT

     

Set

1

Enable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

B RW

STOPPED

   

Write '1' to enable interrupt for event STOPPED

     

Set

1

Enable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

INTENCLR

Address offset: 0x308

Disable interrupt

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                             B A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

TIMEOUT

   

Write '1' to disable interrupt for event TIMEOUT

     

Clear

1

Disable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

B RW

STOPPED

   

Write '1' to disable interrupt for event STOPPED

     

Clear

1

Disable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

NMIENSET

Address offset: 0x324

Enable interrupt

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                             B A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

TIMEOUT

   

Write '1' to enable interrupt for event TIMEOUT

     

Set

1

Enable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

B RW

STOPPED

   

Write '1' to enable interrupt for event STOPPED

     

Set

1

Enable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

NMIENCLR

Address offset: 0x328

Disable interrupt

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                             B A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

TIMEOUT

   

Write '1' to disable interrupt for event TIMEOUT

     

Clear

1

Disable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

B RW

STOPPED

   

Write '1' to disable interrupt for event STOPPED

     

Clear

1

Disable

     

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

     

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

RUNSTATUS

Address offset: 0x400

Run status

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                             A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A R

RUNSTATUSWDT

   

Indicates whether or not WDT is running

     

NotRunning

0

Watchdog is not running

     

Running

1

Watchdog is running

REQSTATUS

Address offset: 0x404

Request status

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                 H G F E D C B A
Reset 0x00000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A-H R

RR[i] (i=0..7)

   

Request status for RR[i] register

     

DisabledOrRequested

0

RR[i] register is not enabled, or are already requesting reload

     

EnabledAndUnrequested

1

RR[i] register is enabled, and are not yet requesting reload

CRV

Address offset: 0x504

Counter reload value

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

CRV

 

[0xF..0xFFFFFFFF]

Counter reload value in number of cycles of the 32.768 kHz clock

RREN

Address offset: 0x508

Enable register for reload request registers

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                 H G F E D C B A
Reset 0x00000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A-H RW

RR[i] (i=0..7)

   

Enable or disable RR[i] register

     

Disabled

0

Disable RR[i] register

     

Enabled

1

Enable RR[i] register

CONFIG

Address offset: 0x50C

Configuration register

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID                                                  

F

C   A
Reset 0x00000001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A RW

SLEEP

   

Configure WDT to either be paused, or kept running, while the CPU is sleeping

     

Pause

0

Pause WDT while the CPU is sleeping

     

Run

1

Keep WDT running while the CPU is sleeping

C RW

HALT

   

Configure WDT to either be paused, or kept running, while the CPU is halted by the debugger

     

Pause

0

Pause WDT while the CPU is halted by the debugger

     

Run

1

Keep WDT running while the CPU is halted by the debugger

F RW

STOPEN

   

Allow stopping WDT

     

Disable

0

Do not allow stopping WDT

     

Enable

1

Allow stopping WDT

TSEN

Address offset: 0x520

Task stop enable

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A W

TSEN

   

Allow stopping WDT

     

Enable

0x6E524635

Value to allow stopping WDT

RR[n] (n=0..7)

Address offset: 0x600 + (n × 0x4)

Reload request n

Bit number 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
ID A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Reset 0x00000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ID R/W Field Value ID Value Description
A W

RR

   

Reload request register

     

Reload

0x6E524635

Value to request a reload of the watchdog timer

Electrical specification

Watchdog Timer Electrical Specification

Symbol Description Min. Typ. Max. Units
tWDT

Time out interval

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