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But that is exactly the problem. When I run the programmer tool, in that part of "setup new hardware", it doesn't read the Arrow-USB-Blaster. I tried reinstalling the drivers, then I tried to download Quartus in a machine running on Win XP, installed and reinstalled the drivers in this machine and it always show "No hardware". I will try making the project all over again tonight, but I don't know if this will do.
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Lets first check if the board is showing up correctly.
On your Windows XP machine, start the device manager, i.e., Start->Control Panel->System, and then click on the Hardware tab, and then the Device Manager button.
Scroll down to the USB controllers section at the bottom.
If I plug my BeMicro in, then I see 'Arrow USB-Blaster Port A' and 'Arrow USB-Blaster Port B'. These are the two ports on the FTDI FT2232 device that is used to implement the Arrow USB-Blaster.
If you do not see this, then it is a driver installation issue, and has nothing to do with Quartus. Follow the Arrow USB-Blaster installation instructions again, and see if you can get the drivers installed ok.
Make sure you do not have any other FTDI devices installed, eg. a USB-to-serial adapter.
Cheers,
Dave
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