As we all know, 5G industrial routers are mostly used in the industrial field, especially in some remote unattended places with relatively harsh natural environment.
Stability is very important for 5G industrial routers, so hardware watchdog chips are indispensable
What is a watchdog?
The watchdog is essentially a timer circuit, which generally has one input and one output. The input is called the feed dog, and the output is generally connected to the reset terminal of another part.
A watchdog is actually a counter that can be reset within a certain period of time. When the watchdog starts, the counter starts to count automatically. After a certain period of time, if it is not reset, the counter overflow will generate a reset signal to the CPU to restart the system.
Watchdog function
The function of the watchdog is to regularly check the internal situation of the chip, and send a restart signal to the chip once an error occurs. The watchdog command has the highest priority among program interrupts.
The watchdog of the 5G industrial router is actually an activation mechanism, which is divided into two types, one is a software watchdog and the other is a hardware watchdog.
Software watchdog
The software watchdog is a program detection mechanism added to the main program to avoid problems such as program errors or memory overflow. Specifically, the detection code will be added to the software code. Once an exception occurs, the gatekeeper code will restart the software.
Hardware watchdog
For the hardware watchdog, an additional microcontroller is added, and there is a small program used to detect the entire device. In general, a hardware watchdog is a simple program that is less likely to be abnormal. Therefore, when the main program is abnormal and the software watchdog cannot wake up, then the hardware watchdog will be powered off and restarted to reset the program of the entire device.
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