Programming EPC1441 with USB Blaster

Seriously, you can't expect to find the answer in the USB-Blaster datasheet (although the latter shouldn't contain misleading information, which is apparently the case).

As I said, there is a datasheet valid for EPC1441, as stated in the Configuration Manual. See http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cfg/cfg_cf52004.pdf. It only mentions Altera Programming Unit (APU) with respective adapters and third party programmer to program the device. In any case, it's one-time-programmable only.

Thanks a lot for your help.

In actual datasheets EPC1441 doesn´t appear because EPC1441 is not supported by altera for new designs.

My doubt is because in previous datasheets appear:

device support

The USB-Blaster download cable allows you to program and configure

Altera® devices. Specifically, you can do the following:

■ Download configuration data to FPGA devices:

● Stratix® II, Stratix GX, and Stratix family of devices

● Cyclone™ II and Cyclone family of devices

● APEX™ II and APEX 20K family of devices

● ACEX® 1K devices

● Mercury™ devices

● FLEX™ 10K, FLEX 10KE, and FLEX 10KA family of devices

● Excalibur™ devices

■ Download configuration data to User Flash Memory (UFM) devices:

● MAX® II family of devices

■ Download configuration data to EEPROM-based devices:

● MAX 3000 and MAX 7000 family of devices

■ Perform in-system programming of advanced configuration devices:

● EPC2, EPC4, EPC8, EPC16, and EPC1441 devices

■ Perform in-system programming of serial configuration devices:

● EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, and EPCS64 devices

This datasheet is available here, for example:

http://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/datasheet-050/dsa001175.pdf

best regards

Iñigo