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18 years ago

DE1 Board detects (USB <-> Serial) instead of USB blaster

I downloaded the Quartus 7.1 SP1, Nios 7.1 SP1 and together with Megacore IP Lib. The first time I connected the USB cable, the windows found the new hardware and install the driver by pointing to x3...
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18 years ago

MProg scans the USB for any FTDI FT232, FT245 and FT2232 device connected. Therefore it should detect an USB Blaster indendant of it's EEPROM configuration in effect, also if accidentally regarded as USB-to-serial adapter. MProg operation is documented but almost self-explanatory to my opinion.