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Altera_Forum
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14 years agoJTAG Chain problem - no device detected (Tried with multiple boards)
Hi everyone, I'm doing some work with custom cyclone III boards and am in the process of trying to program the device using a JTAG port and a USB Blaster cable. The boards were used last yea...
Altera_Forum
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14 years agoThanks for the reply
After running jtagconfig -d the USB-Blaster LED stays steadily active and I get the following vague output 1) USB-Blaster [USB-0] Unable to read device chain (JTAG chain broken) Captured DR after reset = () Captured IR after reset = () Captured Bypass chain = () With the JTAG Chain Debugger if I run an integrity test I get the following equally useless output :( Error: JTAG chain problem detected Error: No device detected I'm getting the feeling that it is the USB-Blaster causing the problem seeing as it is unlikely that a hardware fault has developed in 6 previously working boards. Is this a reasonable assumption? # EDIT# I've have just finished trying on the other computer setup (Ubuntu 32-bit) and the same problem occurred. So I guess that rules out a problem on the computer end. Are there any other places I could look while I wait for another USB-Blaster. Thanks, Mat.