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Anandhu
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19 days ago

MAX 10 FPGA Programming Failure via JTAG – nSTATUS & CONFIG_DONE as No Connect

Title: MAX 10 FPGA Programming Failure via JTAG – nSTATUS & CONFIG_DONE as No Connect Hello Community, I am unable to program my Intel MAX 10 (10M08SAU169C8G) via JTAG using USB Blaster on Quartus ...
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FakhrulA_altera
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9 days ago

Hi Anandhu,


Yes, the NC config pins are very likely the cause.
For MAX 10, nCONFIG, nSTATUS, and CONF_DONE must have pull‑up resistors even when using JTAG programming. These pins are still checked by the configuration controller, and floating pins can cause programming to fail. Quartus options cannot bypass this requirement.
 

Typical pull‑up value is 10 kΩ to VCC.
Without adding these pull‑ups, JTAG programming is unreliable.
 

Regards,
Fakhrul

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5 days ago

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