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10 years ago

Can't program M10: Q15.0, USB BLaster, Windows 7-64

Hi All, I cannot get the Q15 programmer to program the M10 Eval board. The new Terasic USB Blaster can autodetect the M10. I can "program" my sof or pof file. The programmer immediately says th...
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10 years ago

Okay I got it. This must be a newb issue?

My mistake was how I added a file in the programmer. I really don't understand why, but it only works one way.

What worked:

1. autodetect. Select correct part.

2. click the file name in the chain table. It should be <none> to start with (one part for the M10 demo board)

3. double click the file name. Specify the pof or sof file. This operation does not add a device to the chain.

4. select the operations you want: program/configure, erase, etc.

5. Hit start. The operation will take some time, report a status and will do something.

What did not work:

For step 3, if you right click and “add file” a second icon is added in the chain. Then any operations on this new icon would complete immediately, report success and apparently not do anything.

I appreciate the comments.