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14 years ago

CONF_DONE in failed to go high jtag

With the Cyclone III starter board my USB-JTAG pod fails to configure the board. The error in the Quartus message window is: Error (209014): CONF_DONE pin failed to go high in device 1 The...
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14 years ago

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It is the SainSmart USB Blaster Download Cable For FPGA Development Board

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b0057oc5ny/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details

The one product review did say that it ran slower than the other pods...

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This is a USB-Blaster knock-off. It should work fine.

The knock-offs are either built using an FTDI+CPLD or using a Cypress FX2 microcontroller.

At $25 you won't feel bad about tearing it apart to see how it works :)

Cheers,

Dave