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16 years ago

Cyclone III programming problem (JTAG and AS)

Hello All, Please help! We have a problem with Cyclone III devices programming. We are using the board with 5 Cyclone III devices, connected in Combining JTAG and Serial (ESPC64) configuration. Fi...
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14 years ago

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When i use urjtag firstly i have to give a cable command which is "CABLE FT2232"

There should be some way the i can add my cable in quartus to make my board detected.

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Sorry, there is no support for this cable in Altera's software. They only support their own hardware.

Terasic sell USB-Blaster cables for $50.

http://www.terasic.com

You can also get cheap adapters that claim to be USB-Blaster compatible. The USB-Blaster is implemented using an FTDI FT245 and a CPLD. The CPLD implements something like the MPSSE mode that the FT2232 uses on your cable. The UrJTAG software knows the USB-Blaster protocol, so you can use that cable with UrJTAG. However, you cannot use any generic cable with the Altera Quartus software, as Altera have not made that interface public, so you cannot add new adapters that will be recognized by their software.

Cheers,

Dave