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14 years ago

Question about USB Blaster

is it possible to program Cyclone III without using the USB Blaster block, using FTDI chip (like FT2232) instead? Also, besides the signals for JTAG (TCK, TMS, TDI and TDO), there are DCLK, AS...
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14 years ago

Thanks for the quick response,

I am checking the threads of the forum and seems like there is no way to program the FPGA without purchasing the USB blaster module since is the only way to get the program inside the CPLD with the ALTERA protocol, and that was what I was looking for (a way to program the FPGA using USB ).

-Thanks