quatus_pgm for ARM architecture

There is a work-around you can use. I once had a software co-worker test a Linux remote USB server/virtualization package that I forget the name of (sorry!) that allows you to;

1. Plug in a USB device to a remote computer, eg., a PowerPC or ARM, and run the USB-over-Network virtualization software

2. Run the corresponding USB-over-Network virtualization software on your x86 PC

3. When you connect the x86 client to the USB-Blaster plugged into the ARM via the USB-over-Network server, the x86 host finds a new USB-Blaster device, and Quartus recognizes it.

I posted these details on this forum somewhere, but I don't recall when and under what thread :)

Found it! (A search for PowerPC turned it up)

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42325

The software I had my co-worker test was USB/IP

http://usbip.sourceforge.net/

and that thread also has the suggestion to use a Virtual Machine, eg., run Windows inside VirtualBox on your Pi.

Cheers,

Dave