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New ContributorUSB-Blaster II malfunction
I’m unable to get a new Altera USB-Blaster II cable working. My setup comprises the Altera 10M08 Evaluation Kit, a Altera USB-Blaster II cable, and Quartus Prime Programmer (Version 25.1std).
The USB-Blaster II cable is properly detected by the operating system (Windows 11 Enterprise, Version 25H2).
The default JTAG clock frequency is set to 24 MHz.
With this setting, the attached evaluation board cannot be detected using Programmer GUI → Auto Detect.
After lowering the JTAG clock frequency to 6 MHz and disabling the JtagClockAutoAdjust feature using
jtagconfig --debug --setparam 1 JtagClockAutoAdjust 0
jtagconfig --setparam 1 JtagClock 6000000
the MAX 10 FPGA is detected.
Programming the FPGA using the Programmer GUI still fails. The programming process is interrupted at random and never completes, even after multiple retries.
However, programming is successful when initiated using the following console command:
quartus_pgm -c USB-BlasterII -m jtag -o "P;demo10m08.pof"
How can I fix this problem?
Programming works perfectly when using an Altera USB Blaster or a TERASIC Blaster.
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