Hello Everyone, I have a question about the

user_defines.v

and setting default GPIO pin configurations. I found [this](https://github.com/efabless/caravel/blob/main/docs/rst/gpio_configuration.rst) document, but could someone perhaps explain a little more the difference between the

xxx_USER_STD_xxx

settings and the

xxx_MGNT_STD_xxx

settings? Like, what does it mean that ‘The user project has access to the GPIO pin’ for the

USER_STD

setting? Thanks a lot!

Mgmt means the pin will be controlled by the management soc

Hello @Matt Venn! Thanks for your reply. When you say, “controlled by the user project” what exactly does that mean? Are there pins that I need to drive or something?

By your project

I apologize for the dumb questions, I’m sure I’m just being dense in the head, so I am guessing that if I’m laying out a mostly analog project and wiring to the GPIO by hand I want to use

xxx_USER_STD_xxx

?

If it was digital then yes

I think there is a setting to turn off the buffers and essentially leave only a series resistor inline between the GPIO connection in the wrapper to the pad.

If its mgmt then the riscv cpu will be in charge