1. A method for initializing or configuring an electrical circuit, which comprises the steps of: reading data units stored in a memory device; using data contained in a first data unit part of the data units as a specification for use of data contained in a second data unit part of the data units; and carrying out the initialization or the configuration of the electrical circuit in a manner dependent on a content of an initialization control register contained in the electrical circuit, and in that during the initialization of the electrical circuit, the data read from the memory device can be written once or more often to the initialization control register.