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8 years ago

MAX7000 programmer and adapter

I maintain an old system and now need to program a CPLD (P/N EPM7064LC68-15) which is MAX7000 series. The programmer was Third party Data I/O model PS3900/3910L. Unfortunately both programmer and ad...
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8 years ago

Hi bluebox,

the mentioned device doesn't have capability of programming via serial JTAG interface. Therefore the Altera USB Blaster or Terasic Blaster cable are useless. For a programing support of the device from old MAX7000 family you will need a programmer with parallel programming protocol capability such as Altera Programming Unit or the 3rd party programmers such as BPM, Data IO, Elnec or System General. The appropriate programming adapter should be selected as well. For further information I would recommend to check the device family specification as well as an universal programmer documentation or device programmer's web search.

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/support-centers/devices/programming-tools/tls-altera-apu.html

https://www.altera.com/products/boards_and_kits/programming-adapters.html

Best regards,

Martin