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by tuskiomi
Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is a watchdog, why does it need to be feed, what is it fed, and why does it stop my code from running properly?
Replies: 10
Views: 18079

Re: What is a watchdog, why does it need to be feed, what is it fed, and why does it stop my code from running properly?

Yes. I've read that. I can't make heads or tails of it. For example: By default, the task watchdog watches the idle tasks. Does this mean it's also fed by idle tasks? what's an 'Idle task'? one that's called vTaskDelay? The usual cause of idle tasks not feeding the watchdog is a higher-priority proc...
by tuskiomi
Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is a watchdog, why does it need to be feed, what is it fed, and why does it stop my code from running properly?
Replies: 10
Views: 18079

What is a watchdog, why does it need to be feed, what is it fed, and why does it stop my code from running properly?

I have a simple sketch for the arduino DE that has 3 tasks running simultaneously. On seemingly random timings, I get the following error: Task watchdog got triggered. The following tasks did not feed the watchdog in time: Tasks currently running: CPU 0: ALTIMITER CPU 1: IDLE With no rhyme or reason...
by tuskiomi
Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What would you like to see in The Next Chip?
Replies: 426
Views: 835447

Re: What would you like to see in The Next Chip?

Hello, I'm quite new to the Espressif scene, but I'm a big fan of the work. I have two requests for the next Chip. One is software, one is hardware. The Hardware request is simply more ROM and/or builtin flash memory. My preference would be between 32 and 128 MB of flash, or 8 and 64 MB of ROM. The ...