а вот что написано в The Insider's Guide To The Philips ARM7-Based uC про WDT:
...This needs a feed sequence similar
to the PLL. To feed the watchdog you
must write 0xAA followed by 0x55.
а теперь про PLL:
Once you have updated the PLLCON and
PLLCFG registers, you must write 0x000000AA
followed by 0x00000055 (the PLLFEED
register). These values must be written on
consecutive cycles. If you program the PLL with
interrupts enabled, it is conceivable that an
interrupt could occur after the first word of
the sequence is written and the new PLL settings
would not become effective.
как видим про WDT ни слова про последовательные циклы записи
и прерывания но зато все описано в секции про PLL.