Integrated circuit including programmable logic and external-device chip-enable override control

An electronic system comprising:

• a first electronic device that outputs a control signal on a control-signal output;
• a second electronic device that inputs said control signal on a control-signal input;
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• an integrated circuit device including a programmable logic block, a monitoring input, a condition-sensing circuit coupled to said monitoring input and configured to generate a condition-sensed signal at an output in response to sensing a condition at said monitoring input, a first digital input coupled to said control-signal output, a first digital output coupled to said control-signal input, and a gating circuit configured in said programmable logic block, said gating circuit coupled between said first digital input and said first digital output, said gating circuit having a gating input coupled to said condition-sensing circuit, said gating circuit generating an output, said output related to an input state of said control-signal output in the absence of said condition-sensed signal, said output assuming an override state in the presence of said condition-sensed signal.