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8 years ago

Do the UART and JTAG on Altera Max 10 Kit Conflict?

I'm using an altera max 10 development kit (https://www.altera.com/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/max-10-fpga-development-kit.html) and successfully program it via USB Blaster JTAG header ...
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8 years ago

The embedded USB worked at first. It's possible I fried something with a scope probe although everything else works. Since a new Max10 Kit is $200 and a Ethernet Blaster is $450, I guess I'll try a new kit first.

I've noticed the download is much faster on one of the USB ports directly connected to the motherboard as opposed to a USB hub (even with nothing else on the hub). I had thought the Ethernet Blaster might not have that problem. You say it's not appropriate here; have you had bad experience with it?