I'm running Windows 11 on ARM. Quartus 22.1 and the terasIC apps Control Panel and System Builder run, but the Altera USB Blaster driver won't install, because it's x86 only, and Windows on ARM requires drivers to be ARM. The driver itself is just rebranded FTDI, and FTDI has certified drivers for Windows 11 on ARM. It should be trivial to get a new version of Intel’s, but I have no idea where to ask for this, other than here.

That page has no drivers for Windows 11 or arm64. It also doesn't expressly say "USB Blaster" anywhere, so I don't know if that product has been renamed, or what. On the DE0-Nano board I have, the documentation says it has a "USB Blaster" built-in. This is an FTDI FT245D chip, and it uses FTDI drivers, but has some customizations for matching a different vendor and product ID, so the standard downloadable driver from FTDI won't work correctly. What options do I have?

Unfortunately that's not possible. I have an arm64 computer, and so I have to run Windows on arm64, and the only Windows that supports that is Windows 11. Windows 11 was released more than a year ago (Oct 2021). Developer previews have been available since December of 2019, three years ago. Intel is a large corporation with ample resources, and Quartus clearly has regular updates. Moreover, it's technically possible and even easier for Quartus developers to use the standard FTDI drivers for USB Blaster devices. There's really no excuse for such a long delay in this support. This obstacle makes other FPGA vendors more attractive.

Any updates? Will the USB Blaster driver become available for ARM processors, so that people with newer computers (Apple already released their second generation of ARM processor machines) can use Quartus again? Or are we riding a dead horse (Intel FPGA) here?

I also would like to have a driver for the USB Blaster for Windows 11 on ARM64 (using Parallels on Mac with M1 architecture). Any updates of the progress?

Any hope of a Windows 11 ARM driver for USB Blaster?

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hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
yaaa, that information i didn't find any ware. if possible try to use Quartus in windows10. next release of Quartus can support to Windows11.

i think it's better using windows10 to your issue.

if you don't have any issues about this i will close this case. please conform.
- JetForMe
  New Contributor
  3 years ago
  Unfortunately that's not possible. I have an arm64 computer, and so I have to run Windows on arm64, and the only Windows that supports that is Windows 11.
  
  Windows 11 was released more than a year ago (Oct 2021). Developer previews have been available since December of 2019, three years ago. Intel is a large corporation with ample resources, and Quartus clearly has regular updates. Moreover, it's technically possible and even easier for Quartus developers to use the standard FTDI drivers for USB Blaster devices. There's really no excuse for such a long delay in this support. This obstacle makes other FPGA vendors more attractive.
  - Anhxizer
    New Contributor
    3 years ago
    Same here. When will an USB Blaster driver for Windows on ARM / Apple Silicon available?
hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
Dear customer,

Due to the nature of the issue, this bug/issue is currently in the lower priority list for Intel to fix. We apologize for any inconvenience. Given this, is there any way you could proceed and let me know how I can help?
you need to wait until new release then only you can use on windows11. right now beta testing is going.
Regards,
Hareesh B.
- JetForMe
  New Contributor
  3 years ago
  Can I be part of the beta?
hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
As we do not receive any response from you on the previous question/reply/answer that we have provided. Please login to ‘https://supporttickets.intel.com’, view details of the desire request, and post a feed/response within the next 15 days to allow me to continue to support you. After 15 days, this thread will be transitioned to community support. The community users will be able to help you on your follow-up questions.
- JetForMe
  New Contributor
  3 years ago
  I asked if I could be a part of the beta.
hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
i am not sure. i need to ask my manager is it possible or not.
JetForMe
New Contributor
3 years ago
Thank you. I think I'd be a good test case (Windows 11 ARM in Parallels on a Mac). This is not mission-critical (at least, not yet), so I can afford to have issues.
hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
Hi,
already we have early access customers.

Actually we don't know how to get early access customer. because we rarely got customer requested for this.

i need some more time to know the process of getting early access customer.

Thanks,
Hareesh B.
JetForMe
New Contributor
3 years ago
No worries, take your time. I appreciate anything you can do.
hareesh
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago
Hi,

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/21-4/minimum-hardware-requirements.html

in this document you can find out minimum hardware requirement for Quartus. please check it.

and for beta testing early access customer procedure we didn't find any where. we have to raise HSD. it will take some time. so, i can give you E-mail support once i got that information.
if you don't have any question i will close this case. please conform it.

Thanks,
- JetForMe
  New Contributor
  3 years ago
  Arguably my processor is more advanced than that specified. But it looks like I'll just have to wait for the newer versions of Quartus. In the meantime, I'm looking at other FPGA vendors.
  
  Please let me know when/if I can join the beta. Email is fine, and I guess you can close this.
stbenjam
New Contributor
2 years ago
Any updates on this? I am also using Windows 11 on ARM. Very disappointing this isn't resolved yet.
Anhxizer
New Contributor
1 year ago
It tried the solution described here https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/Solution-USB-Blaster-Driver-for-Windows-11-ARM/m-p/1539561 and it works - finally

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