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16 years ago

USB-Blaster Uploading/Downloading Problems

Program: Quartus II Programmer Only Device: USB Blaster Rev C. Here is my problem: Right now I can use the USB Blaster to configure and program specific chips on board but what I want ...
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16 years ago

It's very easy. You can't read back ("examine") the CPLD data after performing autodetect, probably, because the ID information is insufficient to determine the configuration stream size or similar issues. But after adding the same device with "Add Device" function and deleting the autodetected one, you can. May be, you can find this information in the Quartus Handbook, but in my opinion, it's more easy to check it out.