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24.3 Functional overview......................................................................................................................................................523
24.3.1 Unlocking and updating the watchdog.........................................................................................................524
24.3.2 Watchdog configuration time (WCT)..........................................................................................................525
24.3.3 Refreshing the watchdog..............................................................................................................................526
24.3.4 Windowed mode of operation......................................................................................................................526
24.3.5 Watchdog disabled mode of operation.........................................................................................................526
24.3.6 Debug modes of operation...........................................................................................................................527
24.4 Testing the watchdog....................................................................................................................................................527
24.4.1 Quick test.....................................................................................................................................................528
24.4.2 Byte test........................................................................................................................................................528
24.5 Backup reset generator..................................................................................................................................................529
24.6 Generated resets and interrupts.....................................................................................................................................530
24.7 Memory map and register definition.............................................................................................................................530
24.7.1 Watchdog Status and Control Register High (WDOG_STCTRLH)...........................................................531
24.7.2 Watchdog Status and Control Register Low (WDOG_STCTRLL)............................................................533
24.7.3 Watchdog Time-out Value Register High (WDOG_TOVALH).................................................................533
24.7.4 Watchdog Time-out Value Register Low (WDOG_TOVALL)..................................................................534
24.7.5 Watchdog Window Register High (WDOG_WINH)..................................................................................534
24.7.6 Watchdog Window Register Low (WDOG_WINL)...................................................................................535
24.7.7 Watchdog Refresh register (WDOG_REFRESH).......................................................................................535
24.7.8 Watchdog Unlock register (WDOG_UNLOCK).........................................................................................535
24.7.9 Watchdog Timer Output Register High (WDOG_TMROUTH).................................................................536
24.7.10 Watchdog Timer Output Register Low (WDOG_TMROUTL)..................................................................536
24.7.11 Watchdog Reset Count register (WDOG_RSTCNT)..................................................................................537
24.7.12 Watchdog Prescaler register (WDOG_PRESC)..........................................................................................537
24.8 Watchdog operation with 8-bit access..........................................................................................................................537
24.8.1 General guideline.........................................................................................................................................537
24.8.2 Refresh and unlock operations with 8-bit access.........................................................................................538
24.9 Restrictions on watchdog operation..............................................................................................................................539
K21 Sub-Family Reference Manual, Rev. 3, May 2014
20 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.