Module with a serialization unit and improved compatibility with deserialization units of different series

A module comprising:

• a functional unit to generate a data stream;
• a data output to output the data stream to a deserialization unit in a periphery of the module, the deserialization unit being provided for receiving a data stream from a serialization unit of a first series;
• a serialization unit of a second series, which comprises registers to configure the serialization unit and is set up to serialize the data stream and to output it through the data output;
• and
• a configuration data input to receive configuration data, which data defines a first register configuration of a serialization unit;
• a data memory on which a first mapping of register addresses of the serialization unit of the first series to register addresses of the serialization unit of the second series is stored or can be stored;
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• a configuration unit that is set up to read in the configuration data from the configuration data input using the mapping to translate the first register configuration defined by the configuration data into a technically corresponding second register configuration via which the serialization unit of the second series is configured such that the serialization unit of the second series behaves during operation like a serialization unit of the first series that is configured according to the first register configuration, and to configure the registers of the serialization unit of the second series in accordance with the second register configuration.