Author Topic: Terminology poll: ____ the watchdog (Read 2261 times)

I wanted a rude username · « **on:** May 23, 2021, 03:41:47 am »

Just a fun weekend poll. Also interested in funny unique terms for this action.

joeqsmith · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2021, 03:49:45 am »

Refresh

I wanted a rude username · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2021, 03:59:17 am »

Quote from: joeqsmith on May 23, 2021, 03:49:45 am

Refresh

Thanks, didn't think of this one. Added it as a variant of "reset".

Kerlin · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2021, 04:59:12 am »

I often put one of the following comments
// kick the dog
Or
//kick the cop

Actually I wouldn't kick a dog I love them, but a cop ....weell with what they have been up to lately it is possible.

Ed.Kloonk · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2021, 06:50:17 am »

Walking the watchdog.

If you don't know how to do it, I'll show you how to walk the watchdog.

AndersJ · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2021, 07:14:46 am »

// Feed the watchdog

timenutgoblin · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2021, 11:00:17 am »

// Give the (watch)dog a bone

Whales · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2021, 11:29:00 am »

Pulse the watchdog.
Tick the watchdog.

NiHaoMike · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2021, 01:41:37 pm »

I refer to it as reset the watchdog, Microchip calls it clearing the watchdog.

themadhippy · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2021, 01:44:30 pm »

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Microchip calls it clearing the watchdog.

giving the watchdog an enema?

tom66 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2021, 07:33:11 pm »

Feed or pet the watchdog

tautech · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2021, 05:46:26 am »

Warning: Power Rail low !
Isn't that the only thing watchdog's do ?

Damianos · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2021, 06:30:46 am »

I think no! This is the "brown-out" detection circuit. Usually the BOR (Brown Out Reset), to avoid the ... misbehaving.

Jwalling · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2021, 09:21:48 am »

Quote from: tautech on May 25, 2021, 05:46:26 am

Warning: Power Rail low !
Isn't that the only thing watchdog's do ?

No, some also get kicked by the processor. If it doesn't get kicked, then the processor is assumed to have stopped/crashed and is reset.

nfmax · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2021, 09:31:31 am »

Way back, we put a watchdog into an FPGA, so we had control over the 'feeding' mechanism. The processor had to write 0xFEEDF1D0 into the watchdog register to not be reset

Psi · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2021, 09:37:52 am »

You 'feed' the watchdog in only one location in code.
If you need to do something that may take some time you give him a 'snack'
You define a maximum number of snacks the dog can eat before his meal

HowdyPartner · « **Reply #16 on:** May 25, 2021, 09:58:54 am »

Pet / feed.

Quote from: Whales on May 23, 2021, 11:29:00 am

Pulse the watchdog.

Blimey, imagination goes wild.

Cerebus · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2021, 08:12:29 pm »

"service"

thm_w · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2021, 10:00:33 pm »

Since its a timer, same thing you'd say when you reset a timer register.

Cerebus · « **Reply #19 on:** May 25, 2021, 10:23:56 pm »

Quote from: thm_w on May 25, 2021, 10:00:33 pm

Since its a timer, same thing you'd say when you reset a timer register.

"Why aren't you working you little bugger?"?

(Week before last I was in a maze of twisty STM32 timer documentation, not getting the results I wanted or expected. Now, thankfully, sorted. Warning for the uninitiated - don't expect STM32 timer interrupts to preserve the ordering of wraparound and capture on the same timer if the interrupts are raised in very close proximity to each other.)

Moriambar · « **Reply #20 on:** May 26, 2021, 08:49:57 am »

I use "unleash".

Cerebus · « **Reply #21 on:** May 26, 2021, 11:10:20 am »

Surely that should be:

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extern void Smithers_PutTheHoundsAway();

Ed.Kloonk · « **Reply #22 on:** May 26, 2021, 11:16:11 am »

Quote from: Cerebus on May 26, 2021, 11:10:20 am

Surely that should be:
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extern void Smithers_PutTheHoundsAway();

EXCELLENT!

Or should that be

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return excellent ;

I wanted a rude username · « **Reply #23 on:** June 04, 2021, 05:56:23 am »

Poll switched to public (no voting required to see results) for archival purposes.

After 68 votes the result is: reset/refresh is most popular (23 votes), followed by kick (16 votes) and feed (12 votes).


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Which verb do you use for telling the watchdog timer that the program is still running? I.e. "____ the watchdog".

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