AES256 Registers
749
SLAU356I – March 2015 – Revised June 2019
Copyright © 2015–2019, Texas Instruments Incorporated
AES256 Accelerator
16.3.2 AESACTL1 Register
AES Accelerator Control Register 1
Figure 16-15. AESACTL1 Register
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
Reserved
r-0
r-0
r-0
r-0
r-0
r-0
r-0
r-0
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AESBLKCNTx
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
rw-0
Writes are ignored when AESCMEN = 1 and AESBLKCNTx > 0.
Table 16-13. AESACTL1 Register Description
Bit
Field
Type
Reset
Description
15-8
Reserved
R
0h
Reserved. Always reads 0.
7-0
AESBLKCNTx
RW
0h
Cipher Block Counter. Number of blocks to be encrypted or decrypted with block
cipher modes enabled (AESCMEN = 1). Ignored if AESCMEN = 0.
The block counter decrements with each performed encryption or decryption.
Writes are ignored when AESCMEN = 1 and AESBLKCNTx > 0.