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10 years agoYes, USB blaster is needed if using JTAG interface. You did not specify what kind of interface using for the data transfer from the microcontroller. I suggest you can study and apply the concept of SPI Slave to AvalonMaster Bridge in here chapter 18 https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/nios2/qts_qii55004.pdf.