In recent years, product designs have changed rapidly. There is an increasing need for small, programmable, high performance products. Designers face greater demands for system reliability from consumers. Three of the more common circuits used to improve system reliability are Watchdog Timer, Low Voltage Reset and Power-On management. By combining these features, Xicor offers a small, powerful, cost effective solution for system designers. In addition, Xicor’s X5000 series devices offer flexibility never before possible with resettable watchdog timeout periods, reprogrammable low voltage thresholds and various combinations of on-chip serial EEPROM.