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10 years ago

MAX10: JTAG Instruction Set - Understanding what USBBlaster is doing - later ISP

I want to do In-System-Programming for the MAX10 over JTAG. As pre-work I would like to understand what the USBBlaster is doing when using the Quartus Programmer to load a .pof-File onto the MA...
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10 years ago

Hi 'markuss'.

Alex gave us an excellent explanation and I think he's righ. But, if you must use JTAG to program MAX 10 over a host microprocessor, there is the JAM STAPL solution too. I don't know if is the way for your aplication, but take a look: https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/an/an586.pdf.

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/download/programming/jam.html (Jam STAPL byte-Code Player)

regards.