The Make Binary Image tool (Makeimg.exe) calls a number of programs and batch files in the process of making the run-time image (check http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... for details). What you may not know is that makeimg checks for the existance of several batch files in %_FLATRELEASEDIR% at almost every step of its execution: this allow the developer who creates these files to perform custom build actions. The files that makeimg will call if it finds them are the following (note...

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Beware of the watchdog! Introduction A watchdog timer (WDT) is a timer that is able to reset a system when it elapses, recovering a hung system: resetting a system is not exactly what would you call recovering but sometimes it’s the only option. The timer must be refreshed (or fed) periodically by software to avoid the reset: if the software is not able to do it, probably the software itself is hanging so resetting the system will unblock the situation. Most embedded processors and microcontrollers...

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