29.5.3 Status

Name: STATUS
Offset: 0x02
Reset: 0x00
Property: Configuration Change Protection

Bit 76543210 
 LOCK    CAUSECNTBUSYSYNCBUSY 
Access R/WRRR 
Reset 0000 

Bit 7 – LOCK Lock

Writing this bit to ‘1’ write-protects the CTRLA register.

It is only possible to write this bit to ‘1’. This bit can be cleared in Debug mode only.

If the PERIOD value in the WDTCFG fuse is non-zero, the lock will automatically be set.

This bit is under CCP.

Bit 2 – CAUSE Reset Cause

The last WDT reset source. Reset only by POR/BOR.

ValueNameDescription
0x0 OUTSIDE Outside window. This also covers the case where one WDR is received while a prior one is processed.
0x1 TIMEOUT Timeout

Bit 1 – CNTBUSY CNT Synchronization Busy

This bit is set while synchronizing the counter value from the WDT clock domain to the system clock domain.

This bit is cleared by the system after the synchronization is finished.

CNT may become out-of-sync with the WDT counter when CLK_PER stops, e.g., in sleep mode.

This bit is not under CCP.

Bit 0 – SYNCBUSY Synchronization Busy

This bit is set after writing to the CTRLA register while synchronizing the data from the peripheral clock domain to the WDT clock domain.

This bit is cleared after finishing the synchronization.

This bit is not under CCP.