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10 years ago

Trouble with programming device under Linux

Hello, this is my first post here. I'm a student from germany, and had a basic course in FPGA programming with Altera Quartus at university for the last half year. We used some university com...
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10 years ago

The following solution works on Ubuntu, and may also work on other Linux distros.

Log in as root (sudo -s), and create a new file named /etc/udev/rules.d/90-usb-blaster.rules, with the following content: 

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666"

Once the file is saved, plug the USB Blaster back into a USB port and select it within Quartus Programmer.

Explanation: The MODE="0666" setting gives all users read and write permissions to USB Blasters plugged into the computer, and allows the Quartus Programmer to function properly. By default, all users are typically given only read permissions.

-rtx