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Quazariumn
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New ContributorWaveshare USB blaster driver failure
Hello! For the past few months i've been using a waveshare usb blaster v2 (i believe it's usb blaster II). It's been pretty reliable, working on all FPGAs (i use altera cyclone IV, ep4ce6 board) that...
- Hi,
Waveshare V2 USB Blaster is fully compatible to original Altera and Terasic Blaster. Your screenshots suggest that a different driver "Altera WinUSB" has been installed instead of the original driver which is most likely causing the problems. I'd try to remove all drivers associated with USB Blaster and reinstall the recent USB Blaster driver shipped with Quartus.
FvM
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Super ContributorHi,
Waveshare V2 USB Blaster is fully compatible to original Altera and Terasic Blaster. Your screenshots suggest that a different driver "Altera WinUSB" has been installed instead of the original driver which is most likely causing the problems. I'd try to remove all drivers associated with USB Blaster and reinstall the recent USB Blaster driver shipped with Quartus.
Waveshare V2 USB Blaster is fully compatible to original Altera and Terasic Blaster. Your screenshots suggest that a different driver "Altera WinUSB" has been installed instead of the original driver which is most likely causing the problems. I'd try to remove all drivers associated with USB Blaster and reinstall the recent USB Blaster driver shipped with Quartus.
QuazariumnNew Contributor
New ContributorHello and thank you for the recommendation! The problem was fully solved only after fully reinstalling quartus lite, along with a driver re installation. No other problems were observed after this.
Thank you so much for the help provided!
