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9 years ago

USB Blaster driver and Windows 10 issue (BSoDs)

Hello, I am having an issue with latest Altera Blaster drivers and Windows 10 with Anniversary Update. I am using the Kamami Maximator FPGA kit (http://maximator-fpga.org/) with the MAX10 FP...
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9 years ago

Any further guidance on this matter would be welcome... Windows 10 64-bit OS; trying to use the MAX V development board.

Installed Quartus II (11.1 + sp2) (the MAX V kit needs version 11.1 or above); got an unrecognised driver when installing the USB-Blaster driver; so, as per Altera guidance, installed the Quartus Prime 16.1 Lite edition; using the driver in that installation results in a clean USB-Blaster install (and Quartus II tools -> programmer recognises the USB-Blaster [USB-0]). Programmer is recognized in both QII 11.1 and Quartus Prime 16.

However, the "Board Test System" application, maxV_5m570z_cpld, does not run at all; and there is no error dialogue to indicate a fault. QII/QP is not active when running BTS.

Any advice as to whether to use QII 11.1 or rather Quartus Prime 16.1 would be welcome.... and or should I switch to a 32-bit OS?