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14 years ago

Wanted: Altera Programming Unit (APU)

Does anyone know how to obtain an Altera Programming Unit (PL-APU)? Altera discontinued this item in Aug 2007, but there must be one still available.? Thanks jwiatrowski
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14 years ago

The USB Blaster can definitely use program the .pof file. Basically it just has a 10 pin header that connects to the JTAG port/Active Serial pins of the device to program.

Are you programming an serial flash device for active serial mode? or are you programming specific Altera devices?

There's two standard headers for programming, both 10 pin headers that the USB blaster mates two, one is for programming the EPCS serial flash devices and the other for the JTAG programming of the devices themselves, so you may have to create a cable if you are use to using the PL-APU, but I think it should work.

The header pinouts can be found in any of the FPGA device handbooks.

Pete