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Yt_aem
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3 years ago

Signal Tap Start-up failure

Hi, I am using Quartus Prime Pro 19.1 and device is Cyclone 10GX150. Using SFL to program the device is successful over the JTAG (See attached SFL.png). But, when opening the Signal Tap, it keep...
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RichardT_altera
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3 years ago

This is my first time seeing this kind of behavior. So, I am quite stumped.

Curious, does the device part name show up correctly in the working machine? instead of 0x2E320DD

Do you mind to share the project so I could check whether the same issue occur from my side?


Best Regards,

Richard Tan


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    Yt_aem
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    3 years ago

    Yes. The working machine's performance is different from the failure machine. As shown below.

    The working machine shows the part type AND part id number. But, the bad one only shows the part id number.

    I attached the design for your reference.

    My IT guy is on vacation. So I have to wait.

    Thanks a lot.

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    Yt_aem
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    3 years ago

    Hi Richard,

    I have fixed the problem by reinstalling the USB Blaster driver of rev.20.4 (rev.19.1 was failed with " file corrupted" info). Partially reason, I guess, might be that I did not have administrator level authority for the machine. The system just blocks it. But, I still don't know why it was working at the beginning when I installed the Quartus two years ago and later it became failure. Perhaps it was intervened by some security software installation since then. What I did today was just wiped out the driver totally and reinstall it with the admin authority. It works now. Weird, isn't it?

    Anyway, very appreciate your helps!

    Yaoting Yang

    AEM America, Inc.