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SRead3
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5 years ago

As support staff preparing for next term my college is using the Altera DE0 board with software 10.1sp1_quartus_free_windows.exe. Problem is I get the error “The hash for the file is not present...” when installing the USB-Blaster driver.

Is there an easier way to get this to work besides turning off secure boot? Is there a newer driver which has the hash that would work? It needs to be simple for the Students.
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AR_A_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi, could you try this? the default JTAG clock frequency for the external USB-blaster II is 24M. Could you try reducing the JTAG clock speed to 16M or 6M to see how things go.

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SRead3
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5 years ago

I googled but could not see where to change the J-Tag frequency. But I realize I need to appologize because I may not have been clear enough.

First, it looks like there is some kind of USB Blaster hardware which I am not using. I have just a standard USB cable which plugs into the DE0 board.

Second, while windows sees the driver, Quartus says "No Hardware" as shown in the .attachment.

Sorry for my missing details.