Opening a Hardware Target Using Tcl Commands - 2025.2 English - UG908

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Programming and Debugging (UG908)

Document ID
UG908
Release Date
2025-11-20
Version
2025.2 English

You can also use Tcl commands to connect to a hardware server/target combination. For instance, to connect to the digilent_plugin target (serial number 210203339395A) that the hw_server running on localhost 3121 manages, use the following Tcl commands:

connect_hw_server -url localhost:3121
current_hw_target [get_hw_targets */xilinx_tcf/Digilent/210203339395A]
set_property PARAM.FREQUENCY 15000000 [get_hw_targets \ 
*/xilinx_tcf/Digilent/210203339395A]
open_hw_target

After opening a connection to a hardware target, the Hardware window shows:

  • Hardware server
  • Hardware target
  • Various hardware devices for the open target.
Figure 1. Hardware View after Opening a Connection to the Hardware Target