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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

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When I try jtagconfig -n with the problematic device, it says "No JTAG hardware available".

When I try the working device, it says "USB-Blaster [USB-0], Unable to read device chain (JTAG chain broken)". Not sure why it can't read the jtag chain, but at least the USB Blaster is recognized. The problematic USB Blaster isn't recognized at all.

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But FT_PROG can see it? How about USBView? This site has an improved version of USBView ...

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

Cheers,

Dave