Arduino Interrupts: Harness the Power of Interrupts in Your Arduino and ATmega328 Code

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N. DunbarArduino InterruptsMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9714-8_5

5. Watchdog Interrupt

Norman Dunbar¹  

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Rawdon, West Yorkshire, UK

 

Abstract

This chapter takes a look at the Watchdog Interrupt. The watchdog is a feature of the ATmega328P which sits quietly in the background and then, anytime the system appears to hang up, jumps into action and resets the board. The Arduino doesn’t make use of this interrupt, so this chapter has the details you need to make your code more robust.

This chapter takes a look at the Watchdog Interrupt. The watchdog is a feature of the ATmega328P which sits quietly in the background and then, anytime ...