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WatchDog Timer keep alive trigger
- The controller is intended to be polled regularly
- Activating the watchdog keep-alive is added to controller software polling response
- PC0 momentarily set to output logic low
- If the controller has not recently responded to a poll, the watchdog timer forces reset
- Therefore the watchdog timer interval should be set to little longer than the intended polling interval
- For example: if intended polling is <10seconds between polls, watchdog timeout should be >10seconds