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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

DE2-70 Control Panel "Fail to query board name"

Hi all, I'm new in all this stuff (FPGA, VHDL, Quartus, ...). I just bought the DE2-70 and I'm trying to run the Control Panel software that came with the board CD-ROM. I have instal...
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15 years ago

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Ok.. Finally My Control Panel WORKS..

What I did was removed.. Everything Quartus 7.2 as well as 9.0

Then Installed 9.1 with NIOS

Then Downloaded the .sof on the board using Quartus Programmer tool

Then Opened NiosDOWNLOAD BATCH

Then opened Control Panel .. Downloaded the code on it

And it connected

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What is quartus programmer tool? Is it the Quartus II web edition software that comes with the kit? If so how do you load .sof file to FPGA using this software? I will appreciate your help very much.