Datasheet
Section 14 Watchdog Timer (WDT) 
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 Sep 25, 2012 
H8S/2426, H8S/2426R, H8S/2424 Group
Bit  Bit Name  Initial Value  R/W  Description 
6 WT/IT  0  R/W  Timer Mode Select 
Selects whether the WDT is used as a watchdog 
timer or interval timer. 
0: Interval timer mode 
When TCNT overflows, an interval timer interrupt 
(WOVI) is requested. 
1: Watchdog timer mode 
When TCNT overflows, the WDTOVF signal is 
output. 
5 TME  0  R/W Timer Enable 
When this bit is set to 1, TCNT starts counting. 
When this bit is cleared, TCNT stops counting and 
is initialized to H'00. 
4, 3  ⎯ All 1  ⎯ Reserved 
These bits are always read as 1 and cannot be 
modified. 
2 
1 
0 
CKS2 
CKS1 
CKS0 
0 
0 
0 
R/W 
R/W 
R/W 
Clock Select 2 to 0 
Selects the clock source to be input to TCNT. The 
overflow frequency for φ = 20 MHz is enclosed in 
parentheses. 
000: Clock φ/2 (frequency: 25.6 μs) 
001: Clock φ/64 (frequency: 819.2 μs) 
010: Clock φ/128 (frequency: 1.6 ms) 
011: Clock φ/512 (frequency: 6.6 ms) 
100: Clock φ/2048 (frequency: 26.2 ms) 
101: Clock φ/8192 (frequency: 104.9 ms) 
110: Clock φ/32768 (frequency: 419.4 ms) 
111: Clock φ/131072 (frequency: 1.68 s) 
Note:  *  Only a write of 0 is permitted, to clear the flag. 










