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17 years ago

Cyclone III development board and USB FT245BL

Hi, I currently develop with the cyclone III development board (EP3C120N). The board features two USB chips. The Cypress chip is used for the byteblaster logic and as I understand the documenta...
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17 years ago

Ah yeah, you are right, the December documentation states that the Cypress Chip is for future use and that the FTDI is used for the Byte Blaster Circuitry.

Anyway it's a pity that I can't use USB without Jtag-Uart.

However, in the meantime I connected a Max3232 to the Debug Header. And now the Nios operates with an RS232 Uart which works nicely up to 115200baud.

Cheers, Alex