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13 years ago

JTAG 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...
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12 years ago

We had a problem with JTAG and it was the BGA package not soldered on properly, which I said was the problem initially, but got fierce blowback from the guy who soldered it on. What a pain. Altera's diagrams are indeed correct in this regard.