Digilent WaveForms MCP Server

Name: Digilent WaveForms MCP Server
Author: KenosInc

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MCP server for Digilent WaveForms instruments (oscilloscope, AWG, logic analyzer).

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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dwf": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kenosinc/dwf-mcp-server:0.2.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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claude mcp add dwf -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/kenosinc/dwf-mcp-server:0.2.1

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Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dwf": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kenosinc/dwf-mcp-server:0.2.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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{
  "servers": {
    "dwf": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/kenosinc/dwf-mcp-server:0.2.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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dwf-mcp-server

MCP Server for Digilent WaveForms instruments — oscilloscope, arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), and logic analyzer. Built on dwfpy, a Python binding for the Digilent WaveForms SDK (libdwf).

Supported Devices

Analog Discovery 2 (AD2)
Analog Discovery 3 (AD3)
Digital Discovery (DD)
Any device supported by the Digilent WaveForms SDK

Prerequisites

Docker installed on the host machine.
No host-side WaveForms SDK installation is required. The proprietary libdwf.so is added via a derived Dockerfile layer (see Installation).
USB device permissions — Digilent USB devices default to root:root 0664. If the container cannot find any devices, add a udev rule on the host:

  # /etc/udev/rules.d/99-digilent.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1443", MODE="0666"

  Then reload: `sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger`

Installation

The public Docker image does not bundle any Digilent proprietary software (Adept 2 Runtime, WaveForms SDK / libdwf.so). You must create a derived image that adds them.

1. Create a derived Dockerfile

Create a file named Dockerfile.dwf:

FROM ghcr.io/kenosinc/dwf-mcp-server:latest

ARG ADEPT_VERSION=2.27.9 ARG WAVEFORMS_VERSION=3.24.4 RUN ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \ && apt-get update \ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl \ && curl -fsSL "https://files.digilent.com/Software/Adept2%20Runtime/${ADEPT_VERSION}/digilent.adept.runtime_${ADEPT_VERSION}-${ARCH}.deb" \ -o /tmp/adept-runtime.deb \ && curl -fsSL "https://files.digilent.com/Software/Waveforms/${WAVEFORMS_VERSION}/digilent.waveforms_${WAVEFORMS_VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb" \ -o /tmp/waveforms.deb \ && (apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends /tmp/adept-runtime.deb /tmp/waveforms.deb || true) \ && for cmd in xdg-desktop-menu xdg-icon-resource xdg-mime; do \ printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n' > "/usr/bin/$cmd" && chmod +x "/usr/bin/$cmd"; \ done \ && dpkg --configure -a \ && apt-get purge -y curl \ && apt-get autoremove -y \ && rm -f /tmp/adept-runtime.deb /tmp/waveforms.deb \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

2. Build the image

docker build -f Dockerfile.dwf -t dwf-mcp-server .

3. Configure your MCP client

Claude Code

claude mcp add dwf -- docker run -i --rm --privileged dwf-mcp-server

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "dwf": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "--privileged", "dwf-mcp-server" ] } } }

Pass --privileged so the container can access USB devices.

Project-level config (Claude Code)

If you have cloned this repository, copy the bundled example to a project-local .mcp.json (which is gitignored) so Claude Code picks it up automatically when opened against this directory:

cp .mcp.example.json .mcp.json

Edit the resulting .mcp.json to match your local image tag or to add other servers; the original .mcp.example.json stays clean and shareable.

Available MCP Tools

Tool	Description
`list_devices`	List all connected Digilent WaveForms devices
`device_info`	Get detailed information about a specific device
`analog_capture`	Capture analog waveform samples (oscilloscope); supports `action="single" / "start" / "read" / "stop"` for continuous capture across tool calls
`generate_waveform`	Generate an analog signal (AWG): sine, square, triangle, ...; supports `action="pulse" / "start" / "stop"` for persistent output
`measure`	Measure DC voltage, RMS, frequency, period, or peak-to-peak
`power_supply`	Control the programmable power supply (V+ / V-)
`digital_capture`	Capture digital logic signals (logic analyzer); supports `action="single" / "start" / "read" / "stop"` for continuous capture across tool calls
`gpio_read`	Read the logic level of a digital I/O pin
`gpio_write`	Set the logic level of a digital I/O pin
`spi_transfer`	Send and receive data over SPI using the digital protocol interface
`device_state`	Report per-sub-instrument running/idle status (AWG, scope, LA, power supply)
`close_device`	Close the persistent device session and stop all outputs
`device_session_status`	Check whether the persistent device session is currently open

Development

See CLAUDE.md for development setup, coding conventions, and release procedures.

License

MIT

Digilent WaveForms MCP Server

Overview

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What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

First Sale Scout

README from the maker

dwf-mcp-server

Supported Devices

Prerequisites

Installation

1. Create a derived Dockerfile

2. Build the image

3. Configure your MCP client

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

Project-level config (Claude Code)

Available MCP Tools

Development

License