An integrated circuit includes a processing core, memory coupled to the processing core, a plurality of pins, an input/output (IO) control module operably coupled to provide control signaling indicating desired functions for the plurality of pins, and a plurality of programmable IO interface modules. A programmable IO interface module includes: a front-end module coupled to at least one pin of the plurality of pins, a back-end module coupled to at least one of the processing core and the memory, and an IO configuration module coupled to the IO control module. Each of the front-end module and the back-end module are configurable, via the control signaling, to configure the at least one pin to operate as one of: a bidirectional interface, an input, an output, a concurrent drive & sense interface, and a concurrent transmit-receive data interface.