A device for generating an internal time base for a diagnostic function for an output module that is connectable to a serial interface, which contains a clock line, data being transmitted via this serial interface from and/or to the output module according to a clock pulse on the clock line, and including a determining arrangement to determine the internal time base for the output module from the clock pulse transferred on the clock line of the serial interface.

 
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