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20 years ago

Unable to connect to the Development Board

Hi I have a problem and I tried almost everything to fix it but nothing helped. Here it is: I have a Altera Cyclone Development Kit. When I try to connect the board to the PC, I always ...
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20 years ago

Hi M!,

Only a few things come to mind:

-Get the latest version of the Quartus programmer.

-Make sure your MasterBlaster is actually the selected hardware.

-Make sure you are connected to the JTAG, not the ASMI header.

-Check the JTAG connector ... if it's backwards, it won't work ;-)

> The COM port on the PC is set to the same boad rate as the port setting on

> the Cyclone board (both at 9600).

I'm not sure I understand this.

Good Luck,

--Scott