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Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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Using the USB-Blaster as an Avalon-MM master is described in this tutorial;
http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/using_the_usb-blaster_as_an_sopc/qsys_avalon-mm_master_tutorial FTDI have a series of USB-to-FIFO and USB-to-UART cables that also work well. Using these cables allows you to avoid using any Altera tools for communications.
http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/ftdi.pdf http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/c232hm-ddhsl-0/768-1106-nd/2714139 Cheers,
Dave
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