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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

In the USBView output above are the lines:

idVendor: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited)

idProduct: 0x6010

An FTDI 0403:6010 is a FT2232H/D device, not an FT245B/R. Are you sure you have a Terasic USB-Blaster? I just erased my one, and it reports as an 0403:6001.

Either way, FT_PROG would recognize the device if you have the driver and DLL setup correctly. Note that Windows *must* successfully install a USB-to-Serial converter driver for the FT2232H/D before FT_PROG can actually access it. Check your device manager to see if it has installed a driver.

Cheers,

Dave