1.Please describe what a “Watchdog timer” is and how it is used in embedded Micro controllers. If the designer of the sy

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1.Please describe what a “Watchdog timer” is and how it is used
in embedded
Micro controllers. If the designer of the system choses to not use
the watchdog timer what can
they configure it to do?
2.The “DMA” or dynamic memory access is a vehicle that allows
data to flow from the analog to
digital converter directly to memory bypassing the CPU completely.
What are the advantages of
using this?
Please answer using a few sentences with as much detail as
possible. Thank you!