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FMCC
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4 years ago

Quartus Prime Lite not showing circuit node name from from Block Diagram/Schematic File

I teach at a college where we used Quartus II and Cyclone II boards to make digital circuits. I'm evaluating Quartus Prime Lite and a replacement board, the Cyclone V. The software looks to be quite ...
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sstrell
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4 years ago

Anything in the "Currently selected hardware" pop-up?

If not, Windows did not recognize the USB blaster. Go into Device Manager, delete the unknown device and try having it auto detect again (unplug and replug). If that doesn't work, you may need to manually install the driver.

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FMCC
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4 years ago

I think you have found the issue. When looking at Devices on my PC it states 'USB-Blaster, Driver is unavailable'

I need to search for a driver.

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    sstrell
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    4 years ago

    The driver is included in your Quartus installation and was an option to install when you installed Quartus.

    <Quartus version>/quartus/drivers

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      FMCC
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      4 years ago

      This is strange since I have the drivers where you said they would be.