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12 years ago

USB Blaster EEPROM Program for Cyclone IV Dev Kit

Hi, I have accidentally erased the EEPROM on my CycloneIV development kit and now the computer sees the USB Blaster as USB Serial interface. I tried to reprogram by using FTDI - FT prog and usb...
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12 years ago

The USB-Blaster can be implemented using an FTDI FT245B with external EEPROM or FT245R with internal EEPROM. The configuration files are different.

Which version of FT_PROG are you using, and what does FT_PROG (or the Windows device manager or lsusb for Linux) indicate the Cyclone IV Development kit USB-Blaster interface is?

I do not have the Cyclone IV Dev Kit, but I have plenty of others, so I'll be able to read one and post the appropriate XML file.

Cheers,

Dave