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10 years ago

Quartus II-Byte Blaster Upgrade

Hello,

We are currently upgrading from Win2K to Win7. We had been using Quartus II Programming application with ByteBlaster (parallel port). We believe the USB-Blaster will work but are not sure which version of Quartus to use. Which software product/version should we use?

Thanks in advance

Tim

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    10 years ago

    The Quartus release notes will have this information. It's located on the Quartus download page of the Altera website.

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    10 years ago

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    Hello,

    We are currently upgrading from Win2K to Win7. We had been using Quartus II Programming application with ByteBlaster (parallel port). We believe the USB-Blaster will work but are not sure which version of Quartus to use. Which software product/version should we use?

    Thanks in advance

    Tim

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    Hey sommertj, you can try USB Blaster II as it has faster programming time. Unfortunately it is not currently availabel at Altera's website. You may have to contact their FAE for more information.
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    10 years ago

    Actually the USB Blaster II is available from Altera. Please refer to the following link: https://www.buyaltera.com/partdetail?partid=5638362. It shows p/n PL-USB2-BLASTER 225.00 quantity available of 263. My concern is which version of Quartus software will we need to utilize the PL-USB2-BLASTER as we used the older parallel port Byte Blaster.

    Thanks

    Tim