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I am developing an Cyclone IV development kit and want to embed an USB Blaster compatible circuit (not the same hardware). Is there any license requirement or legal problem regarding this? The USB Blaster will be used just to program and debug the Existing FPGA on the board and wont enable to program external ones.
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It depends on whether you plan on selling your board. The USB-Blaster clone USB PID/VID need to match Altera's ... which I would assume should not be used on your own product. Terasic is an Altera partner, so they can officially sell their Terasic Blaster without upsetting Altera.
Have you tried asking Altera? It would be interesting to hear what they say.
What circuit are you planning on using for your clone? I have some ideas for an improved USB-Blaster, but haven't finished the design yet ...
Cheers,
Dave
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