On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:52:52 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi, I'm developing a device that uses an LPC2387
and communicates with
>fast ethernet. I have developed a loader for reflashing it over ethernet,
>I burn that loader to a place in the flash and in the main program, I just
disable interrupts and
>copy the address of the loader into the program counter when instructed to do
so.
>However, I'd like a way to leave the loader once reflashing is
complete.
>I could just load address 0x0 into the program counter but that is not ideal as
it would not
>clear pending interrupts and otherwise reset registers and peripherals used in
the main program.
>What I really need is to induce a reset. What is the best way to do this? The
only way I have spotted
>is to configure the watchdog timer but that seems like a hack. Is there a
correct way to force a reset
>in firmware?
>
>Baldur
Watchdog is an entirely sensible way to do it, and certainly better than jumping
to 0 - the watchdog
hardware is specifically designed to reset the processor, and can be reliably
forced to do so via
documented interfaces so why does it seem a hack?
The only other way would be to tie an external pin to reset.
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