SNIU028D February 2016 – September 2020 UCD3138 , UCD3138064 , UCD3138064A , UCD3138128 , UCD3138A , UCD3138A64
The watchdog "prescale" is the WD_PERIOD bit field. It sets the counter period for the watchdog to a time between approximately 17ms typical (14.5ms Min to 20.1ms max) and approximately 2.2 sec typical (1.85 sec Min to 2.6 sec Max). Note that these numbers are for a specific device and a specific version of that device. Consult the current data sheet for the specific device you are using.
The counter can be reset by writing a 1 to the CNT_RESET bit. When using the watchdog, normally a write to CNT_RESET is put into the background loop of the program. That way if the program gets lost, the counter will not get reset, and the watchdog will trigger, resetting the UCD.
The counter output is used by two compare blocks with fixed values.