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10 years ago

USB blaster Altera vs Terasic version

Hi all,

I came across two of this items, physically both looks about the same but when i looking this deeply in term fo support level, there is some differences as come from different company. So any one are using Terasic blaster instead of Altera one? as look like Terasic one looks cheaper..

Best from FAN.

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    10 years ago

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    Altera dont really care whether you're using a $50 programmer or $150 if you're going to buy $10000s of chips!

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    Best answer of the year ! :D
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    10 years ago

    Agree with Tricky. If you volume is high, the support level will be high as well.

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    10 years ago

    i guess i should just take the Altera one, so there is no excuse from them not to support my when come with some issues. asking me to deal with Terasic.

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    10 years ago

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    i guess i should just take the Altera one, so there is no excuse from them not to support my when come with some issues. asking me to deal with Terasic.

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    Wise choice, as i believe you are not buying 100K chips customer category, else you don't give a damn to spend your time in this free of charge forum consultation. You can choose to complaint your issue to Altera then.Right?
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    10 years ago

    I've always had a very high support and short response time with our FAE from Arrow, which contacted Altera directly each time it was needed. And we don't buy 100k chips per year, probably not even 1k.

    And if you have an issue, it will most probably not be with the USB Blaster itself.
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    10 years ago

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    Can we still fail issue to Altera for non Altera built board?

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    I dont think Altera will entertain the case on non-Altera built board. They will refer you to the board manufacturer.
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    10 years ago

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    I dont think Altera will entertain the case on non-Altera built board. They will refer you to the board manufacturer.

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    is the board manufacturer helpful? good support? or might be pointing us back to Altera at the end of the days like ball kicking.
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    10 years ago

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    is the board manufacturer helpful? good support? or might be pointing us back to Altera at the end of the days like ball kicking.

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    any one experience this before? any other reference?
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    10 years ago

    We are talking about a very theoretical problem here. Usually when you contact Altera's support it is when you have a problem with one of their FPGAs or CPLDs. Issues related to the USB blaster itself are very rare. (except for fried drivers, which can happen sometimes on the Altera blaster but not on the Terasic or EEBlaster IIRC)