Electronic Design

Dual Watchdog Timers Improve Embedded Performance

This idea describes a new concept that utilizes two watchdog timers instead of the typical single watchdog timer found in most embedded systems. One watchdog is the typical hardware type, which ...
EDN

Need a watchdog for improved system fault tolerance?

Embedded electronic control units are finding their way into more and more complex safety critical and mission critical applications. Many of these applications operate in adverse conditions, which ...
Business Insider

Amfeltec Adds New M.2 PCIe Gen 3 SSD with Batteryless System Logger and Watchdog Timer to its Arowana and PocketShark Families

STOUFFVILLE, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amfeltec Corporation announced today the release of the latest addition to its Arowana PCIe SSD Board Family(TM) and its PocketShark Product ...
EDN

Use a watchdog timer even with perfect code

A watchdog timer may one day save your life or, better yet, your career. Although this statement is a little melodramatic, the proper use of this tool separates the hackers from the programmers in ...
Electronic Design

LMC555 Timers Delay Hardware Reset To Collect Debug Data

Most microprocessors have some type of hardware watchdog that can be used to reset the microprocessor and the surrounding hardware to a known state if firmware inadvertently stops executing code. But ...