Terminology poll: ____ the watchdog - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 03:41:47 am
content: Just a fun weekend poll. Also interested in funny unique terms for this action.

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 03:49:45 am
content: Refresh

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 03:59:17 am
content: Quote from: joeqsmith on May 23, 2021, 03:49:45 amThanks, didn't think of this one. Added it as a variant of "reset".

author: Kerlin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 04:59:12 am
content: I often put one of the following comments// kick the dogOr//kick the copActually I wouldn't kick a dog I love them, but a cop ....weell with what they have been up to lately it is possible.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 06:50:17 am
content: Walking the watchdog.If you don't know how to do it, I'll show you how to walk the watchdog.

author: AndersJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 07:14:46 am
content: // Feed the watchdog

author: timenutgoblin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 11:00:17 am
content: // Give the (watch)dog a bone

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 11:29:00 am
content: Pulse the watchdog.Tick the watchdog.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 01:41:37 pm
content: I refer to it as reset the watchdog, Microchip calls it clearing the watchdog.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 01:44:30 pm
content: Quotegiving the watchdog an enema?

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2021, 07:33:11 pm
content: Feed or pet the watchdog

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 05:46:26 am
content: Warning: Power Rail low !Isn't that the only thing watchdog's do ?

author: Damianos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 06:30:46 am
content: I think no! This is the "brown-out" detection circuit. Usually the BOR (Brown Out Reset), to avoid the ... misbehaving.

author: Jwalling
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 09:21:48 am
content: Quote from: tautech on May 25, 2021, 05:46:26 amNo, some also get kicked by the processor. If it doesn't get kicked, then the processor is assumed to have stopped/crashed and is reset.

author: nfmax
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 09:31:31 am
content: Way back, we put a watchdog into an FPGA, so we had control over the 'feeding' mechanism. The processor had to write 0xFEEDF1D0 into the watchdog register to not be reset

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 09:37:52 am
content: You 'feed' the watchdog in only one location in code.If you need to do something that may take some time you give him a 'snack'You define a maximum number of snacks the dog can eat before his meal

author: HowdyPartner
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 09:58:54 am
content: Pet / feed.Quote from: Whales on May 23, 2021, 11:29:00 amBlimey, imagination goes wild.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 08:12:29 pm
content: "service"

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 10:00:33 pm
content: Since its a timer, same thing you'd say when you reset a timer register.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2021, 10:23:56 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on May 25, 2021, 10:00:33 pm"Why aren't you working you little bugger?"?(Week before last I was in a maze of twisty STM32 timer documentation, not getting the results I wanted or expected. Now, thankfully, sorted. Warning for the uninitiated - don't expect STM32 timer interrupts to preserve the ordering of wraparound and capture on the same timer if the interrupts are raised in very close proximity to each other.)

author: Moriambar
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 26, 2021, 08:49:57 am
content: I use "unleash".

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2021, 11:10:20 am
content: Surely that should be:Code:extern void Smithers_PutTheHoundsAway();

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2021, 11:16:11 am
content: Quote from: Cerebus on May 26, 2021, 11:10:20 amEXCELLENT!Or should that beCode:return excellent ;

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2021, 05:56:23 am
content: Poll switched to public (no voting required to see results) for archival purposes.After 68 votes the result is: reset/refresh is most popular (23 votes), followed by kick (16 votes) and feed (12 votes).