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Altera_Forum
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19 years agoMultiple USB Blasters on the same PC
The problem is that Altera provides each device with the same serial number. This should be no problem unless one wants to connect several USB Blaster devices to the same computer. A new serial...
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
19 years agoThank you stonie and nvs.
All is well with my RevA blaster, but have ordered another which no doubt will be RevB. I had no idea the blaster used the same chip as my application, and even less that mprog would re-program something it was not plugged into. While the solution is to unplug the blaster while setting up my board, it does raise a question as to why the blaster, as a commercial product, is not protected from over-writing. Maybe it's not possible. I will investigate this on my board as I don't want it to be exposed in this way on the final product.