SPRABN2A March 2019 – December 2019 AM3352 , AM3354 , AM3356 , AM3357 , AM3358 , AM3358-EP , AM3359
Signals on interfaces that are unused can typically be left as no connect. Many of the IOs have a Pad Control Register that provides control over the input capabilities of the I/O (RXACTIVE field in each conf_<module>_<pin> register). For more details, see the Control Module chapter of the AM335x and AMIC110 Sitara™ Processors Technical Reference Manual. In initialization, software should disable the I/Os that are no connects (RXACTIVE=0) as soon as possible. This RXACTIVE field defaults to "input active" for most signals, which means there is a potential for some leakage during powerup of the chip if the input floats to a mid-supply level before the software can initialize the I/O. This should only be a concern if you are attempting to power up the design with a minimum power consumption. Most designs should be able to tolerate this small amount of leakage in each floating I/O until the software has a change to disable it. After disabling the I/O, no leakage will occur.