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robertzab
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3 months ago
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Agilex5 FPGA Programming

Hi, I have an unusual question. Is the Quartus Programmer and Tools module available on macOS? Also, does the Quartus Programmer and Tools module require any kind of license if we would like to ins...
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    FvM
    3 months ago

    Hi,
    remote JTAG programming and debugging can be performed in different ways

    - running Altera JTAG server on the target system, available for Windows and Linux but not macOS as far as I'm aware of
    - operating Altera programming adapter through remote USB server, e.g. USBIP. Works well with Windows and Linux. I read, that USBIP server is also available for macOS.
    - using third party JTAG adapters through open interfaces, e.g. .svf file. There's unfortunately no official JTAG server hardware driver template (jtag_hw_xxx.dll respectivley libjtag_hw_xxx.so) to support custom programming adapter support.

    Regards
    Frank

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FvM
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3 months ago

Hi,
remote JTAG programming and debugging can be performed in different ways

- running Altera JTAG server on the target system, available for Windows and Linux but not macOS as far as I'm aware of
- operating Altera programming adapter through remote USB server, e.g. USBIP. Works well with Windows and Linux. I read, that USBIP server is also available for macOS.
- using third party JTAG adapters through open interfaces, e.g. .svf file. There's unfortunately no official JTAG server hardware driver template (jtag_hw_xxx.dll respectivley libjtag_hw_xxx.so) to support custom programming adapter support.

Regards
Frank

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    robertzab
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    3 months ago

    Hi,

    Thank you for your reply. A lot has also become clear – since Agilex does not support operating in Passive Serial (PS) mode – only AS.