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03/11/10 13:26
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 		 #173988 - test suggestions
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I'll test to add a variable and set it in each function with a unique code in order to check the value after a freeze / reset.

About the watchdog : I'm sure to not feed the watchdog in an infinite loop. I activate it on the first instruction of my main() and I never disable it in my soft.

I made a test with EA :
I set EA to '0' just before entering a while (1), but the watchdog still works

About the answer of Kai Klaas yesterday, The fact I shunt the /WE and the P4.0 PIN is not realy a problem because the micro start well. It's during execution that it freezes.

The chip is used on a board that is used for a weather sensor. The board is power on and works all the time.
So, I've got some board that never freeze (since 4 years) and others that freeze sometimes (about once a week).

It's realy random...

List of 55 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Micro freeze            01/01/70 00:00      
   I don't understant how micro can freeze            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hang-up or lock-up?            01/01/70 00:00      
   details            01/01/70 00:00      
      You didn't answer the question            01/01/70 00:00      
      Oops, no good at all!            01/01/70 00:00      
      I think what Kai meant was /EA not EW            01/01/70 00:00      
         No, I meant the /EW pin            01/01/70 00:00      
   RST Watchdog            01/01/70 00:00      
      Add diagnostics            01/01/70 00:00      
         That's a good plan ... IF ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Useful, but not essential            01/01/70 00:00      
               His problem, however ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sorry - missing the point            01/01/70 00:00      
   more details            01/01/70 00:00      
      Don't jump to conclusions            01/01/70 00:00      
         test suggestions            01/01/70 00:00      
            Unlikely to be "random"            01/01/70 00:00      
            Assume nothing! Be very meticulous in your observations            01/01/70 00:00      
               somes evidences            01/01/70 00:00      
                  /EW not /WE!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     /EW not /WE            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that was my confusion, not yours ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           The Watchdog does not "find" anything            01/01/70 00:00      
                              feed the dog            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 watchdog management            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Many ideas out there . . .            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Certainly, but it responds to a missing "kick"            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 True, but            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    One simple diagnostic tool            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Oops! Begging your pardon ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   logic analyzer            01/01/70 00:00      
      Could be tricky...            01/01/70 00:00      
         someone doesn't want him to fix it            01/01/70 00:00      
            It isn't clear...            01/01/70 00:00      
         "potted" = what?            01/01/70 00:00      
            got it: "potted" = "drowned in resin"            01/01/70 00:00      
               potting SMD components            01/01/70 00:00      
   Limit Watchdog feed            01/01/70 00:00      
      I would like to write a more suitable code for this algorith            01/01/70 00:00      
         Keil example            01/01/70 00:00      
            The point is...            01/01/70 00:00      
      feed the watchdog in main loop            01/01/70 00:00      
         Non blocking loop            01/01/70 00:00      
            nothing impossible            01/01/70 00:00      
               Breaks on vacation?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  oops            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not at all!            01/01/70 00:00      
               big enought            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Both!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re both            01/01/70 00:00      
                        You misunderstand            01/01/70 00:00      
         where to feed watchdog            01/01/70 00:00      
            You misunderstand            01/01/70 00:00      
            Watchdog kick in interrupts can often fail badly            01/01/70 00:00      

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