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14 years ago

Byte Blaster II problem

Hi, I have a Byte Blaster II old one(of 2002),if i connect to LPT port it shows Byte Blaster II in quartus programmer,but when i connect it to target device(i.e Cyclone IV GX PCIE board), its u...
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14 years ago

Check your BIOS settings. Could be that your parallel port EPP/ECP mode is not playing well with the Byte Blaster.

Also, what voltage is your target logic ? As I recall the old Byte Blaster II was a 5V device, though I have seen it work on 3.3V boards.