boards

name	boards
description	List and search ArduPilot board targets. Use when the user asks about available boards, board names, or what targets they can build for.
argument-hint	[search term]
allowed-tools	Bash(./waf *), Grep, Glob, Read

List ArduPilot Boards

Usage

List all available boards or search for specific ones.

List all boards

./waf list_boards

Search for a board

If the user provides a search term via $ARGUMENTS, filter the board list:

./waf list_boards | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i "$ARGUMENTS"

Show board details

To show details about a specific board, read its hwdef.dat:

# Find the board's hwdef directory
ls libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/ | grep -i <board_name>

# Read the hwdef.dat for pin mappings, MCU, peripherals
cat libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/<board_name>/hwdef.dat

Board naming conventions

• Standard boards: CubeOrange, MatekH743, Pixhawk6X
• Peripheral variants: CubeOrange-periph, MatekH743-periph
• SITL variants: sitl, SITL_x86_64_linux_gnu
• Linux boards: navigator, bebop, erlebrain2

Key hwdef.dat fields

Directive	Example	Purpose
MCU	STM32H7xx STM32H743xx	MCU family and variant
FLASH_SIZE_KB	2048	Flash memory size
APJ_BOARD_ID	AP_HW_CUBEORANGE	Unique board identifier
SERIAL_ORDER	OTG1 USART2 USART3	UART mapping to SERIALn
I2C_ORDER	I2C2 I2C1	I2C bus ordering
define	HAL_STORAGE_SIZE 32768	Compile-time defines