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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

USB Blaster driver issue

I've been going through the forums and I have been unable to find an answer to my exact USB Blaster Driver issue. I have installed the free version of Quartus 13.1 and I now trying to use the USB Bl...
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12 years ago

Sounds like the FTDI EEPROM was not programmed. Follow the instructions in this thread:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42843

and program your USB-Blaster EEPROM (via the USB interface), and then cycle power and it will appear as a USB-Blaster. At that point you can install the Quartus driver and it will work fine.

Cheers,

Dave