This option takes only the reference
clock input and uses the clock to internally generate the Reference time (also
called the system time) and capture timestamps.
The timestamp has the following
fields:
- UInteger48 seconds Field. The seconds field is the integer
portion of the timestamp in units of seconds. The field is 48-bits wide. For
example, 2.000000001 seconds are represented as seconds Field =
0x0000_0000_0002.
- UInteger32 nano seconds Field. The nanoseconds field is the
fractional portion of the timestamp in units of nanoseconds. For example,
2.000000001 seconds are represented as nanoSeconds = 0x0000_0001. The
nanoseconds field supports the following two modes:
- Digital rollover mode: In this mode, the maximum value
in the nanoseconds field is 0x3B9A_C9FF, that is, (10e9-1)
nanoseconds.
- Binary rollover mode: In this mode, the nanoseconds
field rolls over and increments the seconds field after value
0x7FFF_FFFF. Accuracy is approximately 0.466ns per bit.