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Altera Corporation 

2–7

December 2004

USB-Blaster Download Cable User Guide

USB-Blaster Download Cable User Guide

Revision History

The table below shows the revision history of this user guide.

How to Contact 
Altera

For the most up-to-date information about Altera products, go to the 
Altera world-wide web site at

 www.altera.com

. For technical support on 

this product, go to

 www.altera.com/mysupport

. For additional 

information about Altera products, consult the sources shown below.

Chapter

Date

Version

Changes Made

2

December 2004

1.2

Update to conditions in table 2-5.

All

November 2004

1.1

Re-release.

All

July 2004

1.0

Initial release.

Information Type

USA & Canada

All Other Locations

Technical support

www.altera.com/mysupport/ 

www.altera.com/mysupport/ 

(800) 800-EPLD (3753)
(7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time)

(408) 544-7000 

(1)

(7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time)

Product literature

www.altera.com 

www.altera.com 

Altera literature services

[email protected] 

(1)

[email protected] 

(1)

Non-technical customer 
service

(800) 767-3753
(7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time)

(408) 544-7000 
(7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time)

FTP site

ftp.altera.com 

ftp.altera.com 

Note to table:

(1)

You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative. 

Summary of Contents for USB-Blaster

Page 1: ...101 Innovation Drive San Jose CA 95134 408 544 7000 http www altera com USB Blaster Download Cable User Guide UG USB81204 1 2 P25 10325 01 Document Version 1 2 Document Date December 2004...

Page 2: ...nding applications maskwork rights and copyrights Altera warrants performance of its semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera s standard warranty but reserves the rig...

Page 3: ...up 1 3 Installing the USB Blaster Driver 1 3 Setting Up the USB Blaster Hardware in the Quartus II Software 1 5 Chapter 2 USB Blaster Specifications Overview 2 1 USB Blaster Connections 2 1 Voltage Re...

Page 4: ...iv Altera Corporation USB Blaster Download Cable User Guide Contents...

Page 5: ...ly of devices APEX II and APEX 20K family of devices ACEX 1K devices Mercury devices FLEX 10K FLEX 10KE and FLEX 10KA family of devices Excalibur devices Download configuration data to User Flash Memo...

Page 6: ...ersion Quartus II SignalTap II logic analyzer standalone version Hardware Setup This section describes how to install and set up the USB Blaster download cable for device configuration or programming...

Page 7: ...Setup This section describes the following Installing the USB Blaster driver Setting up the USB Blaster hardware in the Quartus II software Installing the USB Blaster Driver This section describes how...

Page 8: ...Add a new hardware device from the Installed hardware list and click Next to continue 6 Select Install from a list or specified location Advanced and click Next to continue 1 Depending on your system...

Page 9: ...Choose Programmer Tools menu 3 Click Hardware Setup The Hardware Settings tab of the Hardware Setup dialog box is displayed USB Blaster is visible in the Available hardware items list of the Hardware...

Page 10: ...r information refer to the following topics in the Quartus II software Help menu Changing the Hardware Setup Programmer Introduction Overview Working with Chain Description Files Overview Converting P...

Page 11: ...ircuit board via the connections discussed in this section Voltage Requirements The USB Blaster VCC TRGT pin must be connected to a specific voltage for the device being programmed Connect pull up res...

Page 12: ...laster Block Diagram USB Blaster Plug Connection The 10 pin female plug connects to a 10 pin male header on the circuit board containing the target device Figure 2 2 shows the dimensions of the female...

Page 13: ...ame Description Signal Name Description 1 DCLK Clock signal DCLK Clock signal TCK Clock signal 2 GND Signal ground GND Signal ground GND Signal ground 3 CONF_DONE Configuration done CONF_DONE Configur...

Page 14: ...s the dimensions of a typical 10 pin male header Figure 2 3 10 Pin Male Header Dimensions Operating Conditions Tables 2 3 through 2 5 summarize the maximum ratings recommended operating conditions and...

Page 15: ...evel input voltage VCC TRGT 0 2 V VIL Low level input voltage 0 15 V VOH 5 0 V high level output voltage VCC TRGT 4 5 V IOH 1 mA 4 4 V 3 3 V high level output voltage VCC TRGT 3 0 V IOH 1 mA 2 9 V 2 5...

Page 16: ...ne II Handbook Serial Configuration Devices Data Sheet Programming Configuration chapter in the Introduction to Quartus II manual The Programming module of the Quartus II online tutorial Refer to the...

Page 17: ...2 December 2004 1 2 Update to conditions in table 2 5 All November 2004 1 1 Re release All July 2004 1 0 Initial release Information Type USA Canada All Other Locations Technical support www altera co...

Page 18: ...2 8 Altera Corporation USB Blaster Download Cable User Guide December 2004 How to Contact Altera...

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