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18 years ago

USB Blaster Rev. B compatibly with Cyclone III Starter Board???

I am working with the Nios II Emb. Eval. Kit Cyclone III Edition and I am trying to configure the FPGA by USB Blaster Rev. B (taken from an Cyclone II Dev. Kit). But the connection is very unstable. ...
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18 years ago

Some minutes ago I tried the double-connection mode with an external power supply as I connected the onboard circuitry via USB cable to an I-Pod charger :)

So now we are absolutely sure that the programming process is done by the USB Blaster.

For now my problem seems to solved for the first time. If anyone has some suggestions where the mistake might be, I would be rather thankful for writing it here so I could tell the ALTERA support...

Thanks @ all and best regards,

Jens