>But brownout detection and watchdog are necessary, apparently.  Why not
have
>a stack overflow reset as a safety measure?  It seems like a valid concept,
>especially when you consider that you *COULD* debug with it and still ship
>product with it.  If it somehow slips through your testing, it would still
>be available in the field as a safety feature.

I think if your stack overflows, the watchdog timer will give you a reset.

I feel that brownout and watchdog are big selling features of the PIC. The
presence of a watchdog in the 68HC11 was certainly a big selling feature
because a lot of older 68XX systems had to use external brownout and
watchdog circuits/chips.

Paul

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