> As far as I know, no PLD has IO macrocells. They can be
> configured as inputs or outputs. I looked into this for the
> MACH stuff and that looks to definitely be the case. I don't know
> if some other family lets you configure pins to be true IOs. If
> there were such an animal, it would cut the number of pins required
> roughly in half.
>
> Joe
>
Joe,
Look at the lattice 1k and 2k series. The IO's are real IO's. There are
also a few dedicated inputs available.
Omar