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OlegT
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4 years ago
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Cyclone 10 GX FPGA Development Kit - board test system

Hello.

I want to use BoardTest System application with 10GX Kit, but always get following message:

Embedded download cable is not working, so I use external Terrasic Blaster, connected to J11.

Quartus programmer is able to scan JTAG chain with this programmer.

My Quartus version is 19.1 Pro.

In system variables I've changed QUARTUS_ROOTDIR to Q19.1_inst_folder/quartus. I did this, because starting Quartus did not change this variable, as described in user guide.

Terrasic Blaster has an LED, indicating activity. I see, that it blinks once, when I start BoardTestSystem.exe

So my questions are:

Does BoardTestSystem.exe work with Quartus 19.1 and external Terrasic blaster?

Thank you.

Best regards,

Oleg.

  • OlegT's avatar
    OlegT
    4 years ago

    Now I've tried original USB-Blaster II. BoardTestSystem works!

    I did not try with Q19.1. Only on 17.1

    So Terrasic Blaster is not really good.

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  • OlegT's avatar
    OlegT
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    4 years ago

    Unfortunately the Terrasic Blaster does not support changing clock. During JTAG chain scan from Quartus Programmer I see, that the TCK is about 1.3MHz

    May be Terrasic Blaster is not the one I have to use.

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    OlegT
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    4 years ago

    Now I've tried original USB-Blaster II. BoardTestSystem works!

    I did not try with Q19.1. Only on 17.1

    So Terrasic Blaster is not really good.

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    AR_A_Intel
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    4 years ago

    Sounds good, thanks for sharing and hope everything is working well at your side. This thread will be transitioned to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you