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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

The parallel port version of the software guard (T-Guard) is obsolete. For the latest version of the software, they use a USB dongle or a floating license file based on the mac address of the license server.

However depending on the family you are targeting, you may be able just to use the web-edition of the tool, which has a free license.

Pete