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Dear reader, I have installed both Quartus 13.0 and 17.1 and both work fine. I'm now investigating which programmer to buy and what chip to program. For small project I like the EPM3064 and as a p...
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Honored Contributorhere a really cool hint, when you are searching for the best USB Blaster on the market, to program your Intel FPGA.
Check this link: https://shop.trenz-electronic.de/de/tei0004-02-arrow-usb-programmer2-fuer-die-entwicklung-mit-intel-fpgas-2-54mm-header USB Blaster: 300$ , 6MBit speed USB Blaster2: 225$, 24MBit speed USB Programmer2 (Trenz/Arrow): 30€ (~35-40$), 21MBit speed Additional the USB Programmer2 has the following features: - USB: Micro-USB Connector, USB 2.0 HS support - Voltage levels supported: 0.8 to 3.6V - JTAG Connector: Standard 2x5 Pin Header - Very small size with connector: 14.2 x 20.8 mm² - Available as SMD module for direct PCB soldering --> for end products - SMD Module size: 17 x 17 mm² --> for end products - JTAG Activity LED - Power On LED - Additional support for UART and HPS reset --> very cool, espescially the UART on the same USB lane. So you can send UART messages easily to a PC terminal window (when connected the UART lines to the FPGA) - Drivers for Windows 7/10 and Linux The next update for the drivers will also support key programming and advanced features. The USB Programmer2 is already implemented in the MAX1000 and CYC1000 board, so proven by design. https://www.arrow.de/products/max1000/arrow-development-tools https://www.arrow.de/products/cyc1000/arrow-development-tools
