Do you have a question? Post it now! No Registration Necessary
Subject
- Posted on
Mini-ITX has no watchdog?
- 09-05-2003
- Jonathan
September 5, 2003, 9:17 pm

Hi,
I've looked at the docs for all three flavors of VIA mini-ITX motherboards
and it appears none of them have a watchdog timer. I thought this was
interesting, since the mini-ITX boards are geared partially towards things
like kiosk applications... places where a watchdog would be useful if the
application(s) hung.
Does anyone have hands-on experience with the VIA boards to confirm that
there is no watchdog? Also, there is at least one other manufacturer
building mini-ITX boards; do any of them have watchdogs?
thanks,
Jonathan
I've looked at the docs for all three flavors of VIA mini-ITX motherboards
and it appears none of them have a watchdog timer. I thought this was
interesting, since the mini-ITX boards are geared partially towards things
like kiosk applications... places where a watchdog would be useful if the
application(s) hung.
Does anyone have hands-on experience with the VIA boards to confirm that
there is no watchdog? Also, there is at least one other manufacturer
building mini-ITX boards; do any of them have watchdogs?
thanks,
Jonathan

Re: Mini-ITX has no watchdog?

Correct, no watchdog.
<shameless plug>
JK micro will be coming out with an auxilliary board for the EPIA and
EPIA-M boards. It will implement an ATX power supply that takes a
8-30VDC input, 2 compact flash slots and watchdog. Contact
snipped-for-privacy@jkmicro.com for more information. We'll also have a cute
Linux release that fits nicely in a 16meg CF card.
</shamelest plug>
Site Timeline
- » elf structure explainance
- — Next thread in » Embedded Linux
-
- » POP3 client
- — Previous thread in » Embedded Linux
-
- » Crosscompiling for ARM: reloc type R_ARM_ABS32 is not supported for PIC - ...
- — Newest thread in » Embedded Linux
-
- » Matériel électronique à céder, quel "j uste" prix... ? Conseils éventuels ...
- — The site's Newest Thread. Posted in » Electronics (French)
-
- » Re: Commodore 1084S monitor
- — The site's Last Updated Thread. Posted in » Electronics Repair
-