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New ContributorSolution: USB Blaster Driver for Windows 11 ARM
The USB Blaster driver attached to my original post should work for Quartus 19.1 through 23.3 on Windows 11 ARM.
I've attached proven drivers for Quartus 17 through 18, Quartus 13, and Quartus 9. To install a driver without disabling signature enforcement, first add the security certificate to (Local Machine) Trusted Root Certification Authorities as well as (Local Machine) Trusted Publishers.
If you have a version of Quartus not listed, the ARM driver version with DLL file sizes matching those found in \quartus\drivers\usb-blaster\x64\ should work. If there is no match, replacing the DLL files of any ARM driver version and disabling driver signature enforcement should work.
New ContributorI checked that the USB blaster is displayed in the device manager, the drivers are installed, and the event log indicates that the device is working. But there is no USB blaster in the Quartus hardware setup. Could the reason be that I bought the blaster on Aliexpress?
New ContributorThis seems like a software incompatibility. Which version of Quartus are you using? I've only tested this with 22.1, but 19.1 through 23.3 appear to share the same x64 DLL files.
Versions 17.0 and 18.0 share a different set of x64 DLL files, which I have confirmed to also work with the FTDI ARM64 SYS file. A self-signed driver for these versions is attached to this message.
Quartus 13.1 has yet another version of x64 DLL files.
Quartus 14.0 through 16.0 appear to have been removed from the download center.
