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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

jtag via usb

The Nios II Evaluation Kit is able to download its Jtag commands directly through its USB cable. Apparently it has implemented the USB Blaster functionality on a MAX EPM7064B CPLD which is on the ev...
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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

Altera might be willing to give you access to this code, for a fee, but I seriously doubt that they would just give it away. After all, some money is made on the USB Blaster, right? :-)

You might also take a look at what easyfpga (http://easyfpga.com/ezniosusb_features.htm) provides, though making it behave like a USB Blaster (on both the host and embedded side) will be tricky without Altera's help.

Good luck!

- slacker