Patent ID: 7365565

Claim:
A method for providing a programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprising: providing a programmable logic block; providing a digital input/output circuit block; providing a non-volatile memory block; providing an analog circuit block including an analog-to-digital converter; providing an analog input/output circuit block including, at least one voltage-measuring circuit coupled to a first I/O pad, and at least one programmable MOSFET gate-drive circuit coupled to a second I/O pad; and providing a programmable interconnect architecture including programmable elements and interconnect conductors, one of said programmable elements coupled to said programmable logic block, said non-volatile memory block, said analog circuit block, said analog input/output circuit block, said digital input/output circuit block, and to said interconnect conductors, such that inputs and outputs of said programmable logic block, said non-volatile memory block, said analog circuit block, said analog input/output circuit block, and said digital input/output circuit block can be programmably coupled to one another.