RESET CIRCUIT

UNIT -3 EMBEDDED (SYSTEM) FIRMWARE

 BROWNOUT PROTECTION CIRCUIT

• Well almost all microcontrollers have Brownout protection inbuilt in them

but when connecting a controller to an industry sensor and controlling
devices(which are extremely costly) its better we know
• what is a brownout and how is it detected in a microcontroller cause many
devices in low to medium scale industry may not be as immune to
brownout as our controller.
 Meaning of Brownout

• Brownout is a reduction in or restriction on

the availability of electrical power in a
particular area.
BROWNOUT PROTECTION CIRCUIT
• A brownout reset is a circuit that causes a computer processor to
reset (or reboot) in the event of a brownout, which is a significant
drop in the power supply output voltage. ...

• In some cases, if a processor receives an abnormally low voltage

and continues to operate anyway, it will produce nonsensical
output.
Brown-out Protection Circuit

A brown-out protection circuit

holds the processor/controller in
reset state, When the operating
voltage falls below the threshold,

until it rises above the threshold

voltage
• Brown Out Reset is an important function to
increase the reliability of a microcontroller
after start-up. Normally used to solve
problems with the power supply
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