Can I change weak pull up status of a FPGA pin during runtime?

[KAthu]

Hi,

I know that I can enable or disable weak pull ups in the project settings and create a bit stream.

But is there a way to change the weak pull up of a pin based on some logic during runtime? Is there a ip core which can support this?

Thank you.

[sstrell]

What are you trying to accomplish by doing this?

Some IP, like the external memory interface IP, automatically enable or disable termination (on-chip termination) whether performing reads or writes and do the same to the ODT for the external memory.

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[KAthu]

I am connecting the FPGA to an external micro-controller. And depending on the program I am running on the micro-controller, I need to enable weak pull ups on the fpga pins. (Using external pull ups is not an option for me.). My fpga design is the same for every program I run on the micro-controller. Using several muxes I implemented on the fpga, I can change the FPGA configuration for different programs during runtime.

Right now because of the pullups, I need to build several versions of the design. But if I can enable/disable pull ups using some IP during runtime, I can keep a single bitstream.

[sstrell]

The only thing I can suggest is adding logic that looks at what program is running and pulls up the appropriate I/O based on that. Even partial reconfiguration, which is only supported on high-end devices, reconfigures the core of the design, not the I/O.

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[KAthu]

Thank you for your reply.

Do you know how to pull up the appropriate I/O based on logic? This is what I am trying to figure out.

I could only figure out how to pull up a I/O using pin panner. But then I have to compile it to create a new bit stream. If can pull up the appropriate I/O based on some logic then I only have to compile it once.

[ShafiqY_Intel]

Hi KAthu,

Apparently, pull up the appropriate I/O based on logic is not possible.

You can only pull up it using Pin Planner or Pin assignment.

Thanks