Honored ContributorHi all,
I am new in FPGA development environment and need your kind help please, I have bought an Altera cyclone II development Kit and i dont have any ByteBlaster cable to load the program. I have managed to get a xlinx USB platform cable and Impact software. can i use the programmer and impact software to program cyclone II through JTAG. Please advise or direct me. Thanks in advance.
Honored Contributorwhich development kit do you use?
some of them does not need USB-Blaster.Honored Contributorthanks for your reply. I got this development kit from ebay. its manufactured in Chaina. its showing ' Altera BAIXUN'
Honored ContributorI havn't heard of that.
you can buy USB-Blaster at terasic http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=53&no=46 I recommend you to buy DE0 board / DE3 board or something from Terasic. this is not so expensive and many information on the web.Honored Contributorthanks for you reply. i can't afford to buy a new one now. i have uploaded the schematics. can i use xlinx programmer with impact or can i make a JTAG programmer to program the FPGA. thanks
Honored ContributorNo you must have an Altera USB Blaster or 100% compatible cable (such as the cheaper eeblaster (http://www.entner-electronics.com/tl/index.php/eeblaster.html)) to use the Altera tools.
