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NaGPT
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2 years ago

How to install USB Blaster ii drivers for Parallels 18 (Windows 11) running on MacBook M1?

I am working with the DE10 Nano kit for my current project.
I have installed Quartus Prime Lite Edition (22.1std.0.915) inside Parallel Desktop 18 (Win 11) running on MacBook M1 (Ventura). I could compile the projects but faced issues deploying them to the FPGA.

The Hardware Setup does not detect the DE-SoC (USB-1) as indicated in how-to-program-your-first-fpga-device. The device Manager of Parallels-Win11 shows an unknown device with a yellow icon. It appeared that it was looking for USB Blaster-ii drivers. I have not been able to find suitable drivers for ARM64. I receive the prompt "Windows was unable to install your Unknown Device" for all the drivers I tried from the internet. The drivers present inside the quartus/drivers/usb-blaster-ii directory also have the same problem. I believe that all those drivers are possibly incompatible with the Win11+MacM1 system. It could well be OS & Driver problem than the Quartus problem.


Any proven workaround suggestions would be really appreciated.

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  • NurAiman_M_Intel's avatar
    NurAiman_M_Intel
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    2 years ago

    Hi,


    -Are you using USB Blaster I or USB Blaster II?

    -Do you have another good working USB Blaster to test?

    -Can you try to connect the current USB Blaster to another board?


    Regards,

    Aiman


    • twister1398's avatar
      twister1398
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      1 year ago

      Hi,

      it is stated quite clearly that they are using the DE10 Nano kit which is equipped with an on-board USB Blaster II.

      They also state that a corresponding driver for the ARM64 platform is missing and that the supplied USB Blaster driver is incompatible and therefore refused by windows.

      It would be welcomed by a large part of the community if Intel could commit to providing a compatible driver for ARM64 platforms.

  • NurAiman_M_Intel's avatar
    NurAiman_M_Intel
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    2 years ago

    We do not receive any response from you to the previous answer that I have provided. This thread will be transitioned to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you


  • kr4m's avatar
    kr4m
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    1 year ago

    Bumping this again, having an identical issue with no idea how to solve it. Thanks!