TS-4200 Watchdog

From embeddedTS Manuals

By default the watchdog is fed by ts4200ctl. This way if userspace, the kernel, or the FPGA communication has any issue the board will reboot. You can tailor this more specifically to your application by feeding the watchdog on your own criteria. The Watchdog feed register is write-only. Valid write values are:

Write Value Effect
0 Feed watchdog for the next 0.5 sec
1 Feed watchdog for the next 2 sec
2 Feed watchdog for the next 16 sec
3 Disable watchdog

These watchdog timeout times assume that the 512Hz clock is being used as a watchdog clock. At power-up, the 200Hz clock is used, which means that the timeout times would actually be roughly 150% longer. The 512Hz clock signal is not turned on until a time is written to the RTC. The default linuxrc writes the RTC, which enables the 512Hz signal, and then switches the watchdog to the 512Hz signal.

If you would like to run your own watchdog you will need to kill ts4200ctl when switching to your own application. This below code is a minimalistic example for feeding the watchdog.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
 
int main()
{
        int mem;
        volatile uint16_t *syscon;
 
        mem = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC);
        syscon = mmap(0,
                      getpagesize(),
                      PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
                      MAP_SHARED,
                      mem,
                      0x30000000);
 
        for(;;) {
                // This feeds the watchdog for 16s.
                syscon[0x10/2] = 2;
                sleep(8);
        }
 
        return 0;
}