tri-state / high-z / high impedance output with gpio input

Question

The Li-ion charger I'm using (MCP73831/2) has a tri-state status output. The datasheet says that the STAT pin outputs High-Z when inactive or complete, and Low while charging is active.

Whats the best way to hook this up to a nRF51822 GPIO?

Can I directly wire the stat output to a GPIO input, and then use an internal pull-up on the GPIO pin?

The nRF51822 is not 5V tolerant, but I don't think it will be damaged with a high-impedance output. Is this correct?

Relevant datasheets:

nRF51822

STAT output description (page 15, Table 5-1), reproduced here:

Answer 1

Looks like an open drain output pin. So you need a pull-up of some sort. If you want to utilize an internal pull-up, that will probably get the job done just fine and save you some board area, just make sure it's initialized correctly before using the value read from the pin. It's perfectly fine to pull it up to any voltage within the allowed range for both chips. Lower voltages will generally work fine, higher voltages may or may not be OK depending on how the output pin is designed. You should be fine with a pull-up to 3.3 volts.