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15 years ago

upgrading computer with FPGA interface

Hi I have a computer that is about 10 years old with a parrellel port connecting to an altera dongle. Anyhow I am upgrading the computer with USB and Eithernet, can anyone suggest a converter that w...
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15 years ago

Thanks for the additional information. Also I noticed this old computer has a Altera Blaster as well as an Altera software guard, looks like the guard is connected to the old parrellel port, just wondering what the difference is between the blaster and the software guard? Sounds like the blaster is used to support programming the FPGA.