Timestamp Unit Interface Signals

Versal Adaptive SoC Technical Reference Manual (AM011)

Document ID
AM011
Release Date
2023-10-05
Revision
1.6 English

The timestamp unit (TSU) clock signal can be sourced from the LPD clock controller, an MIO pin, or a EMIO port interface signal. The TSU clock is programmed using the registers listed in System-Level Registers. There is one TSU clock, and it is shared by all the GEM controllers.

Note: The timer sync strobe registers (tsu_strobe_msb_sec, tsu_strobe_sec, and tsu_strobe_nsec) are loaded with the value of the timer when the input signal gem_tsu_inc_ctrl[1:0] = 2'b00. However, the timer sync strobe registers are updated only when gem_tsu_inc_ctrl signal toggles between 2b'11 and 2'b00.
Table 1. GEM Timestamp Unit Interface Signals
Signal Name Description MIO EMIO
MIO-at-a-Glance Table I/O Signal Name I/O Clock
GEM_TSU_CLK TSU clock from MIO CLK I
GEM_PS_TSU_PL_CLK TSU clock   I
GEM_TSU_LB_CLK TSU loopback clock from PL   I
GEM_TSU_TIMER_CMP Timer compare value gem_tsu_timer_cmp_val O TSU Clk
GEM_TSU_INCR_CTRL0 Increment control gem_tsu_inc_ctrl0 I TSU Clk
GEM_TSU_INCR_CTRL1 gem_tsu_inc_ctrl1 TSU Clk
GEM_TSU_TIMER_CNT[93:0] Timestamp unit timer count value gem_tsu_timer_cnt[93:0] O TSU Clk

Clock Incrementing Input

The INCR_CTRL[1:0] signals control the incrementing policy of the timer. The timer increments:

  • 00: based on the gem_tsu_ms register bit value:
    • gem_tsu_ms = 0: timer register increments as normal but the timer value is copied to the sync strobe register
    • gem_tsu_ms = 1: nanoseconds timer register is cleared and the seconds timer register is incremented with each clock cycle
  • 01: by an additional nanosecond
  • 10: by one nanosecond fewer
  • 11: normally