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====== Launch a Vitis Baremetal Software Application ======

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First, many applications require that a serial console is connected to the board, so that standard output (from print statements) can be viewed. For this purpose, a serial terminal should be used. Use a serial terminal application to connect to the board's serial port. Unless otherwise stated, Zynq designs use a baud rate of 115200 and Microblaze designs with an AXI UART Lite IP use a baud rate of 9600.

**Note:** //While Vitis has a built in serial terminal included in its Debug view, it sends characters to a board on a line-by-line basis. Some software examples require the use of character-by-character reception of data. [[https://ttssh2.osdn.jp/index.html.en|Tera Term]] or [[https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html|PuTTY]] are recommended if you are not sure what will work.//
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In the //Explorer// pane at the left side of the screen, right click on the application or system project that is to be run, and select //Run as -> 1 Launch on Hardware (Single Application Debug)//. The FPGA will be programmed with the bitstream, the ELF file created by the software build is loaded into system memory, and the application project will begin to run. You will need to click back over to the //Vitis Serial Terminal// from the //Console// tab.

**Note:** //Once the project has been run at least once, you can use the green run button ({{:learn:programmable-logic:tutorials:2020.1:launch-vitis-application:run-button.png?nolink|}}) in the toolbar at the top of the screen to program the board instead.//
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