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OABBA1
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5 years ago

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Hello, I'm working in a project using CPLD, I'm using quartus 15, and USB blaster to program the device. My question is if I can program the device without the power supply , I don't know if the...
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JohnT_Altera
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5 years ago

Hi,


If you are using external Blaster, then you will need to power up your board before you are able to program the device. If you are using embedded USB-blaster then it will depend on the board is able to support power up through the USB cable.


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OABBA1
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5 years ago

I'm using usb blaster to program the device , but i'm not using a dev board the cpld is in a seperate pcb!