Get the list of boards available in the project
Syntax
get_boards [‑regexp] [‑nocase] [‑filter <arg>] [‑of_objects <args>]
[‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<patterns>...]
Returns
List of board objects.
Usage
Name | Description |
---|---|
[-regexp]
|
Patterns are full regular expressions |
[-nocase]
|
Perform case-insensitive matching |
[-filter]
|
Filter list with expression |
[-of_objects]
|
Get 'board' objects of these types: 'board_component'. |
[-quiet]
|
Ignore command errors |
[-verbose]
|
Suspend message limits during command execution |
[<patterns>]
|
Match Board names against patterns Default: * Values: The default search pattern is the wildcard *, or .* when -regexp is specified. |
Description
Gets a list of evaluation boards available for use by the current project.
The board file, board.xml located in the data/boards folder of the Vivado® Design Suite installation area, stores information regarding board attributes. The board provides a representation of the overall system that the Xilinx® device is a part of, and can help define key aspects of the design, such as clock constraints, I/O port assignments, and supported interfaces. You can create custom boards by defining a custom Board Interface file, as described in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: System-Level Design Entry (UG895).
The board in use by the project is returned by the current_board_part
command.
The board can be specified:
- When the project is created by selecting Boards from the Default Part dialog box.
- By setting the BOARD property on the current project as shown in the example.
- By selecting the Project Device in the Settings dialog box in an open project in the Vivado IDE.
Refer to the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: System-Level Design Entry (UG895) for information on creating projects, and on configuring project settings.
set_property
command, the target part is also changed to match the part required by the specified BOARD property.This command returns a list of boards that are available for use by the current project, or returns an error if it fails.
Arguments
-regexp
- (Optional) Specifies that the search <patterns> are written as regular expressions. Both search <patterns> and -filter
expressions must be written as regular expressions when this argument is used. Xilinx® regular expression Tcl commands are always anchored to the start of the search string. You can add ".*" to the beginning or end of a search string to widen the search to include a substring. See http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html for help with regular expression syntax.
regexp
is not anchored, and works as a standard Tcl command. For more information refer to http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/regexp.htm.
-nocase
- (Optional) Perform case-insensitive matching when a pattern has been specified. This argument applies to the use of -regexp
only.
-filter
- (Optional) Filter the results list with the specified expression. The -filter
argument filters the list of objects returned by get_boards
based on property values on the boards. You can find the properties on an object with the report_property
or list_property
commands. Any property/value pair can be used as a filter. In the case of the board object, "NAME", "DEVICE", and "FAMILY" are some of the properties that can be used to filter results.
get_pins * -filter {DIRECTION == IN && NAME !~ "*RESET*"}
bool
) type properties can be directly evaluated in filter expressions as true or not true: -filter {IS_PRIMITIVE && !IS_LOC_FIXED}
-of_objects
<args> - (Optional) Get the boards of the specified board_component objects as returned by get_board_components
.
-quiet
- (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
-verbose
- (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
set_msg_config
command.<patterns> - (Optional) Match boards against the specified search patterns. The default pattern is the wildcard '*' which gets a list of all boards available for use in the project. More than one pattern can be specified to find multiple boards based on different search criteria.
Examples
The following example reports the properties of the specified evaluation board:
report_property [get_boards -filter {LIBRARY_NAME==artix7}]
The following example returns all boards matching the specified search patterns:
get_boards {*ar* *kc*}