Minimizing the use of chip routing resources when using timestamped instrumentation data by transmitting the most significant bits of the timestamp in series and transmitting the least significant bits of the timestamp in parallel

摘要

A timestamp generator generates a timestamp value having a predetermined number of most significant bits and a predetermined number of least significant bits. The least significant bits are transmitted to a client via a parallel data bus. The most significant bits are transmitted to the client sequentially via a series data bus. Each client receives the parallel least significant bits and the series most significant bits and assembles a complete time stamp value.