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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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10 years ago

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My EEPROM is blank device.

Chip Type: FT232/245BM

Vendor ID: 0x0403

Product ID: 0x6001

Product Desc: USB <-> Serial Converter

Manufacturer Desc: FTDI

Location ID: 0x341

EEPROM Type: 93C46 EEPROM

BLANK DEVICE

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You should be able to use FT245B_BLASTR01_xml.txt in the post above. Download the file, change the filename to FT245B_BLASTR01.xml, then in FT_PROG select the FT245 device, right click, apply template, and select the XML file. Then program it. Unplug and plug the device back in, and it should get detected as a USB-Blaster.

Let me know if that works.

Cheers,

Dave