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17 years ago

Couldn't install usb blaster driver on HP dv4-1020us notebook (64bit Vista)

Hello, I have installed the Quartus-II 8.0 SP1 on HP dv4-1020us notebook (64bit Windows Vista), the software is runing fine. When I plug in the usb blaster cable which connects to a Terasic DE3 bo...
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16 years ago

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The USB Blaster is not supposed to appear as a COM port.

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According to page 2-14 of the Getting Started Guide for the Transcevier SI Development Kit it is:

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_si_2sgx90.pdf?gsa_pos=2&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=transceiver%20signal%20integrity%20user%20guide

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What happens when you try to actually use the USB blaster? For example, when you choose "Programmer" from the Tools menu in Quartus, does it find the USB blaster?

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I'm actually only trying to use the Tx SI Board Control Panel so I've never tried to use the Quartus s/w.