diff --git a/calyx-frontend/src/parser.rs b/calyx-frontend/src/parser.rs
index 4de02c1148..2a48c2540e 100644
--- a/calyx-frontend/src/parser.rs
+++ b/calyx-frontend/src/parser.rs
@@ -294,6 +294,29 @@ impl CalyxParser {
         u64::from_str_radix(input.as_str(), 2)
             .map_err(|_| input.error("Expected binary number"))
     }
+    fn float(input: Node) -> ParseResult<f64> {
+        let float_str = input.as_str();
+        let float_val: f64 = float_str
+            .parse()
+            .map_err(|_| input.error("Expected valid floating-point number"))?;
+        Ok(float_val)
+    }
+
+    fn ieee754_const(input: Node) -> ParseResult<BitNum> {
+        println!("parsing iee754");
+        let span = Self::get_span(&input);
+        let val = match_nodes!(
+            input.clone().into_children();
+            [float(val)] => val
+        );
+        let bit_pattern = val.to_bits();
+        Ok(BitNum {
+            width: 64,
+            num_type: NumType::Hex,
+            val: bit_pattern,
+            span,
+        })
+    }
 
     fn num_lit(input: Node) -> ParseResult<BitNum> {
         let span = Self::get_span(&input);
@@ -323,6 +346,7 @@ impl CalyxParser {
                     val,
                     span
                 },
+            [ieee754_const(val)] => val,
 
         );
 
diff --git a/calyx-frontend/src/syntax.pest b/calyx-frontend/src/syntax.pest
index 90b85263f6..6dc5b80f93 100644
--- a/calyx-frontend/src/syntax.pest
+++ b/calyx-frontend/src/syntax.pest
@@ -16,17 +16,22 @@ binary =  @{ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT+ }
 decimal = @{ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT+ }
 octal =   @{ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT+ }
 hex =     @{ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT+ }
+float =   @{ ASCII_DIGIT+ ~ "." ~ ASCII_DIGIT+ }
+
+ieee754_const = { "ieee754_const(" ~ float ~ ")" }
 
 // `$` creates a compound rule which ignores whitespace while allowing for
 // inner rules (`@` makes inner rules silent).
 // See: https://pest.rs/book/print.html#atomic
 num_lit = ${
-      bitwidth
+      (bitwidth
       ~ "'"
       ~ ( "d" ~ decimal
         | "b" ~ binary
         | "x" ~ hex
-        | "o" ~ octal )
+        | "o" ~ octal)
+      )
+      | ieee754_const
 }
 
 char = { !"\"" ~ ANY }
diff --git a/calyx-py/calyx/numeric_types.py b/calyx-py/calyx/numeric_types.py
index da5c901ed0..56cbbd9f53 100644
--- a/calyx-py/calyx/numeric_types.py
+++ b/calyx-py/calyx/numeric_types.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal, getcontext
 import math
 import logging as log
+import struct
 
 
 class InvalidNumericType(Exception):
@@ -335,3 +336,23 @@ def bitnum_to_fixed(bitnum: Bitnum, int_width: int) -> FixedPoint:
         int_width=int_width,
         is_signed=bitnum.is_signed,
     )
+
+
+@dataclass
+class FloatingPoint(NumericType):
+    """Represents a floating point number."""
+
+    def __init__(self, value: str, width: int, is_signed: bool):
+        super().__init__(value, width, is_signed)
+
+        if self.bit_string_repr is None and self.hex_string_repr is None:
+            # The decimal representation was passed in.
+            packed = struct.pack('!f', float(self.string_repr))
+            unpacked = struct.unpack('>I', packed)[0]
+            self.bit_string_repr = f'{unpacked:0{self.width}b}'
+            self.uint_repr = int(self.bit_string_repr, 2)
+            self.hex_string_repr = np.base_repr(self.uint_repr, 16)
+
+    def to_dec(self, round_place: int):
+        float_value = struct.unpack('!f', int(self.bit_string_repr, 2).to_bytes(4, byteorder='big'))[0]
+        return round(float_value, round_place)
diff --git a/fud/fud/stages/verilator/json_to_dat.py b/fud/fud/stages/verilator/json_to_dat.py
index a988f62ff3..a7f1c230b9 100644
--- a/fud/fud/stages/verilator/json_to_dat.py
+++ b/fud/fud/stages/verilator/json_to_dat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import simplejson as sjson
 import numpy as np
-from calyx.numeric_types import FixedPoint, Bitnum, InvalidNumericType
+from calyx.numeric_types import FixedPoint, Bitnum, FloatingPoint, InvalidNumericType
 from pathlib import Path
 from fud.errors import Malformed
 import logging as log
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def float_to_fixed(value: float, N: int) -> float:
     return round(value * w) / float(w)
 
 
-def parse_dat(path, args):
+def parse_dat(path, is_bn, args):
     """Parses a number with the given numeric type
     arguments from the array at the given `path`.
     """
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ def parse(hex_value: str):
         hex_value = f"0x{hex_value}"
         if "int_width" in args:
             return FixedPoint(hex_value, **args).str_value()
-        else:
+        elif is_bn:
             bn = Bitnum(hex_value, **args)
             if bn.is_undef:
                 return bn.str_value()
             else:
                 return int(bn.str_value())
+        else:
+            fp = FloatingPoint(hex_value, **args)
+            return fp.to_dec(round_place=2)
 
     with path.open("r") as f:
         lines = []
@@ -90,11 +93,14 @@ def provided(x, y):
         )
 
 
-def convert(x, round: bool, is_signed: bool, width: int, int_width=None):
+def convert(x, round: bool, is_signed: bool, width: int, is_bn: bool, int_width=None):
     with_prefix = False
     # If `int_width` is not defined, then this is a `Bitnum`
     if int_width is None:
-        return Bitnum(x, width, is_signed).hex_string(with_prefix)
+        if is_bn:
+            return Bitnum(x, width, is_signed).hex_string(with_prefix)
+        else:
+            return FloatingPoint(x, width, is_signed).hex_string(with_prefix)
 
     try:
         return FixedPoint(x, width, int_width, is_signed).hex_string(with_prefix)
@@ -133,14 +139,14 @@ def convert2dat(output_dir, data, extension, round: bool):
         numeric_type = format["numeric_type"]
         is_signed = format["is_signed"]
 
-        if numeric_type not in {"bitnum", "fixed_point"}:
-            raise InvalidNumericType('Fud only supports "fixed_point" and "bitnum".')
+        if numeric_type not in {"bitnum", "fixed_point", "floating_point"}:
+            raise InvalidNumericType('Fud only supports "fixed_point", "bitnum", and "floating_point".')
 
         is_fp = numeric_type == "fixed_point"
         if is_fp:
             width, int_width = parse_fp_widths(format)
         else:
-            # `Bitnum`s only have a bit width.
+            # `Bitnum`s and `FloatingPoint`s only have a bit width
             width = format["width"]
             int_width = None
 
@@ -154,7 +160,8 @@ def convert2dat(output_dir, data, extension, round: bool):
 
         with path.open("w") as f:
             for v in arr.flatten():
-                f.write(convert(v, round, is_signed, width, int_width) + "\n")
+                is_bn=numeric_type == "bitnum"
+                f.write(convert(v, round, is_signed, width, is_bn, int_width) + "\n")
 
         shape[k]["shape"] = list(arr.shape)
         shape[k]["numeric_type"] = numeric_type
@@ -185,8 +192,9 @@ def convert2json(input_dir, extension):
         # for building the FixedPoint or Bitnum classes.
         args = form.copy()
         del args["shape"]
+        is_bn = args["numeric_type"] == "bitnum"
         del args["numeric_type"]
-        arr = parse_dat(path, args)
+        arr = parse_dat(path, is_bn, args)
         if form["shape"] == [0]:
             raise Malformed(
                 "Data format shape",
diff --git a/tests/correctness/float/float-const.data b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a00caae4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.data
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "mem_read": {
+    "data": [
+        4.2
+    ],
+    "format": {
+      "is_signed": true,
+      "numeric_type": "floating_point",
+      "width": 32
+    }
+  },
+  "mem_write": {
+    "data": [
+        0.0
+    ],
+    "format": {
+      "is_signed": true,
+      "numeric_type": "floating_point",
+      "width": 32
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/correctness/float/float-const.expect b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ca613fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "mem_read": {
+    "data": [
+        4.2
+    ],
+    "format": {
+      "is_signed": true,
+      "numeric_type": "floating_point",
+      "width": 32
+    }
+  },
+  "mem_write": {
+    "data": [
+        4.2
+    ],
+    "format": {
+      "is_signed": true,
+      "numeric_type": "floating_point",
+      "width": 32
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/correctness/float/float-const.futil b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.futil
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..969494e51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/correctness/float/float-const.futil
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import "primitives/compile.futil";
+import "primitives/memories/comb.futil";
+
+component main<"toplevel"=1,>(@clk clk: 1, @reset reset: 1, @go go: 1) -> (@done done: 1) {
+  cells {
+    reg0 = std_reg(32);
+    @external mem_read = comb_mem_d1(32, 1, 1);
+    @external mem_write = comb_mem_d1(32, 1, 1);
+  }
+  wires {
+    group read {
+        mem_read.addr0 = 1'b0;
+        reg0.in = ieee754_const(1.00);
+        reg0.write_en = 1'b1;
+        read[done] = reg0.done;
+    }
+
+    group write {
+        mem_write.addr0 = 1'b0;
+        mem_write.write_en = 1'b1;
+        mem_write.write_data = reg0.out;
+        write[done] = mem_write.done;
+    }
+  }
+  control {
+    seq {
+        read;
+        write;
+    }
+  }
+}
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