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xariswon
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6 years ago

Programmer/Altera JTAG Server Not Detecting USB Blaster

Hello everyone, For the last week or so, I have been unable to see my board connected via USB Blaster in the Altera programmer. I occasionally see it right after rebooting my computer, but it disap...
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Gerardo1
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5 years ago

Hi, I'm having the same problem. Did you find a solution??

Cheers

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xariswon
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5 years ago

Well, calling it a "solution" would be a stretch, but what I eventually did to move forward was load a clean Windows 10 VM with nothing but a Quartus install. I setup the programmer cable to pass through to the VM, and load firmware updates from there. It's ridiculous but it works.