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13 years ago

USB Blaster, Cyclone III, PS question

For development work, I would like to use a USB Blaster to configure a Cyclone III device in Passive Serial mode. Most of the USB Blaster is powered from the USB's VBUS except the I/O pins that conn...
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13 years ago

Really?

Table 1-1 of the USB Blaster Download Cable User guide says about the Passive Serial Mode: "Configures all Altera devices supported by Quartus II software excluding MAX 3000, MAX 7000, MAX II, EPC enhanced configuration devices, and EPCS serial configuration devices."

I'm actually just using it as a comparison and a means of debugging my microcontroller code that will ultimately be used to program the Cyclone device on my board. I want look at its output and compare it with what my code is doing to hopefully see what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,

-Randy