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terecatu
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2 years ago

Compatibility issue or bad Altera USB blasters?

Hi, I am attempting to flash EP4CE6 (Cyclone IV) using a precompiled .jic from an open source project - SonicSurface (see https://github.com/upnalab/SonicSurface, https://www.instructables.com/Sonic...
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_AK6DN_
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2 years ago

Not quite accurate. 'Altera Innovation Labs' is NOT in any way an official Altera and/or Intel site.

It belongs to CrowdSupply.

From the description: "Welcome to Altera Innovation Lab at Crowd Supply, the place to find out about the latest and greatest Crowd Supply projects built on FPGAs from Altera."

So 'Altera' is NOT promoting the clone uLab Kiwi USB Blaster design in the CrowdSupply site. CrowdSupply is.

The clone USB Blaster I use is the TerAsic one ... https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=74

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FvM
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2 years ago
Terasic USB Blaster is more than a clone. It's obviously an authorized second source. Also my preferred Intel programmer.
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    AnttiLukats
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    2 years ago

    Terasic is licensed to produce USB Blaster compatible products. They for sure do not use FTDI emulation devices!