EMAC Registers
1000
SLAU723A – October 2017 – Revised October 2018
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Ethernet Controller
15.6.42 EMACTIMSEC Register (Offset = 0x708) [reset = 0x0]
Ethernet MAC System Time - Seconds (EMACTIMSEC)
The MAC System Time - Seconds (EMACTIMSEC) register, along with the MAC System Time -
Nanoseconds (EMACTIMNANO) register, indicates the current value of the system time maintained by the
MAC. Though it is updated on a continuous basis, there is some delay from the actual time because of
clock domain transfer latencies.
EMACTIMSEC is shown in
and described in
.
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Figure 15-57. EMACTIMSEC Register
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
TSS
R-0x0
Table 15-66. EMACTIMSEC Register Field Descriptions
Bit
Field
Type
Reset
Description
31-0
TSS
R
0x0
Timestamp Second. The value in this field indicates the current value
in seconds of the system time maintained by the MAC.