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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

Debugging problem with USB-Blaster

I am having a problem while trying to debug Nios applications using a USB-Blaster. On my own laptop everything works fine. I have bought a new laptop for another engineer that I recently recruited to...
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20 years ago

I have solved this problem. The solution is weird but I think you should know what it is for future reference. The new laptop is a Dell D620, it comes installed with some software called "Embassy Trust Suite". This is security software which drives the smart card interface on the laptop. I removed that software after reading this web page:

www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/showthread.php?t=11764 (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/showthread.php?t=11764)

and then the Nios debugger started working!

Mike