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11 years ago

USB Blaster is recognized as Nios Dev kit

Hello, I'm using a USB blaster device, under Windows 7 64bit. I installed it using the driver under C:\altera\14.1\qprogrammer\drivers\usb-blaster (I only have the programmer, not the entire Qu...
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11 years ago

Hi Dave,

This is an original Altera USB Blaster.

You're right, it does have PID 6003. However, when I connected it to another PC, it recognized it as Altera USB Blaster (still with PID 6003).

On both PCs this USB Blaster isn't recognized by the quartus programmer. Another USB Blaster that I have is working fine.

I saved the FTDI data from the working device and burned it to the non-working, but the problem remains. Any ideas?