starting the cyclone development kit of Altera!

Maybe:

Missing the JTAG Sever.

You'd like to do:

1. install the Byteblaster or USBblater driver

2. add Hardware in Quartus

Hello mountain8848, thanks for your answer... But I'm a begginer and I don't understand which server u are talking about, I used the cyclone development kit CD and it's installed some programs... where can I find the latest drivers for the Byteblaster? what do u mean about "add Hardware in Quartus"?

oh please, I really need a hand guys http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif

any sugestion will be really appreciate....

You need to tell us which cable you are using, and indeed which OS. The instructions for ByteBlaster and USB-Blaster are different.

For ByteBlaster (MV or II) on Windows you need to run `jtagconfig --add ByteBlaster lpt1` on the command line. For USB-Blaster on Windows it should just work. Linux is more complex.

ps. You should probably be using the IDE rather than nios-run (which is part of the legacy SDK - the old way of doing things). Once you have something working on the IDE then there are command line alternative ways of using it.

Good morning, thanks for your help Womba... I&#39;m working on windows XP professional and I&#39;m using :

1. ByteBlaster II : I typed the command `jtagconfig --add ByteBlaster lpt1`. Now, when I&#39;m trying nios2-terminal" it replies :

"The selected JTAG cable is either not connected to a board, or

the board is not switched on." why, the 2 leds are on? how can I solve this problem?

2. µClinux OS ( NIOS II linux distribution version 1.3), My SOPC builder system is linux_1c20.ptf

3. I&#39;ve tried the Nios II IDE to configure the kernel ( I don&#39;t know if my configuration is a good one but it seems to be intuitive http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif ) but I don&#39;t know how to ensure that the PC is communicating with the board... may be directly by implementing a C program witch tries to get the tension on a pin?

otherwise,how can I initialise a the communication with board using the IDE?

4. where can I find all the cammands for the SOPC builder?

Regards

I can&#39;t answer all your questions I&#39;m afraid. I suggest you ask the other questions in different threads (one question per thread makes things easier for other readers too).

I assume you&#39;ve tried connecting the ByteBlaster cable to the board as well as verifying the power. If you are still getting this error message then you might have plugged the cable in backwards. If that doesn&#39;t work then there is probably a hardware fault with your ByteBlaster or your board.

The tools nios2-terminal and/or nios2-download will tell you if you&#39;re communicating with the board (by returning error messages if they can&#39;t connect). I&#39;m not sure which of these ucLinux uses in its usual flow to get the board running.

good morning, I&#39;m back...

I think that I did all what I had to do in order to solve my problem : just to establish a simple terminal connection with the development board defined on the top. I tried to find some solutions to solve my problem but nothing happens! I cannot load the .sof program and I have the same error messages.

I tried to work with an other altera development board ( EP1S10F780C6 ) and it works fine... I don&#39;t understand why the EP1C20F400C7 does not work. .. I tried to download some drivers for the blaster II in the following link and elsewhere...

http://www.altera.com/support/software/dri.../dri-index.html (http://www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/dri-index.html)

Nothing! http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif

The CD development kit doesn&#39;t work as well... the same problem I think: " Could not find Nios II development kit on this system".

I definitely think that I have a hardware fault with my board but I also think that something new should be done to make this new board work well... But what?

So, mr Womba, what can I do now?

I&#39;m completely disabled guys... help

Hi Oscar,

to verify if u have a hardware fault, u should try with another EP1C20F400C7 board, if u have it. Otherwise have u got a ByteBlaster MV cable?

Hi Soin,

http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif I haven&#39;t an other EP1C20F400C7 board or a Byteblaster MV cable, may be I should use this cable... Do u think that the right cable for this board should be the Byteblaster MV one?

Hi Oscar,

i have a Stratix EP1S10 development board and a byteblaster MV cable, and it works. I don&#39;t know if ByteBlaster II cable is ok for your cyclone board...

Hi Oscar i&#39;m here again. I looked at the documentation about your board and i&#39;ve read that the board has three 10-pin JTAG headers:J24 connects to the Cyclone device (U60), J5 connects into the EPM7128AE device (U3), and J28 connects to the EPCS4 serial-

configuration device.

What connector r u trying to use?