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WWood7
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6 years ago

What causes intermittent JTAG chain errors? How do I fix it?

I recently downloaded the latest installer package for the production Stratix 10 TX SI board, as well as Quartus 19.3 Prime Pro and Programmer. I have been having trouble getting the Board Test Syste...
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AR_A_Intel
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6 years ago

Yes, there are some issue regarding USB-Blaster II use in Quartus 19.1 and engineering come out with Patch 0.03 as a worked-out solution refer here

https://www.intel.com/content/altera-www/global/en_us/index/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/component/2019/why-does-my-usb-blaster-ii-not-work-when-using-intel--quartus---.html

Based on my understanding, this is related to JTAG SI issue and still no solid solution to it, just need to change/lower the TCK frequency to 16M or 6M.