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14 years ago

Connection between Stratix III FPGA board and PS over Hyperterminal

Hi, I have a question about the connection between the Stratix III FPGA board and Hyperterminal from Windows. How can I communicate about Hyperterminal with the board. Why I want to do this?...
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14 years ago

The other Jtag interface is to connect a USB blaster, but here too you will need the Altera software to use it.

Yes it should be possible to reconfigure the USB port as a serial device, probably by reprogramming the MaxII, but you will loose the integrated USB blaster and will need an external one to program the board. This procedure isn't documented either, so you are on your own. I think it would be easier to set up an Ethernet communication, which is better documented.