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21 years ago

What is wrong with my design?

Hello, I followed the Altera Hardware Example Design on my Microtronix Cyclone DevBoard. I have tested the LowCost Design, and every Software Example Designs(in the Design Support Matrix) can r...
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21 years ago

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"nios2-terminal: Warning: The JTAG cable you are using is not supported for Nios

nios2-terminal: II systems. You may experience intermittent JTAG communication

nios2-terminal: failures with this cable. Please use a USB Blaster revision B

nios2-terminal: cable or another supported cable. Please refer to the file

nios2-terminal: errata.txt included in the Nios II development kit documents

nios2-terminal: directory for more information.[/b]

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We get this error every time, and we are using USB Blaster, so I am not sure that this error message is not a &#39;red herring&#39;. What *Blaster are you using? Also, I agree with LiangYi that it is best to DEBUG the system. It could be that it is working, but messages/lights are flying by so fast they are not visible to the naked eye http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

Good luck!