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12 years ago

USB Blaster Problem

I recently purchased the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Kit, but am unable to get the USD Blaster to work. The Quartus software is all installed, and I can write my code. When I plug in my board all of th...
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12 years ago

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I recently purchased the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Kit, but am unable to get the USD Blaster to work.

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This kit?

http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc2-2c20n.html

Can you please see what the Windows device manager or Linux lsusb reports the USB-Blaster as. Sometimes these boards get shipped with the USB-Blaster not programmed correctly (blank EEPROM), and so you need to program it.

I've posted the USB-Blaster images in this thread:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43986

You just need to download FT_PROG from the FTDI web site, use it to detect the USB-Blaster device (FT245B or FT245R), then apply the appropriate XML file, and program the device. Unplug and plug the USB-Blaster in, install the Altera driver, and you'll be all set!

Cheers,

Dave