Flashing using the USB blaster » History » Version 4
foft, 06/02/2018 08:10 PM
| 1 | 1 | foft | h1. Flashing using the USB blaster |
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| 3 | 4 | foft | h2. Software |
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| 5 | If you have Quartus II installed for compilation you can just use the programmer included with that. If not then you just need to download the programmer from: |
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| 6 | http://dl.altera.com/?product=qprogrammer#tabs-4 |
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| 7 | Check only the "Quartus Prime Pro Edition Programmer and Tools" tag. Then download it and install it on your PC. |
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| 9 | h2. Process |
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| 11 | 3 | foft | Its possible to update the core using the USB blaster |
| 12 | 1 | foft | To do this: |
| 13 | #Connect power to the board |
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| 14 | #Connect the jtag |
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| 15 | #In quartus go to tools->programmer |
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| 16 | 3 | foft | #In the programmer select 'add file' and choose the .sof or the .jic file (It may be required to click a box or two to say program, I forget) |
| 17 | 1 | foft | #Tell it to start |
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| 19 | 3 | foft | If you flashed a .sof, then it will start immediately. It will only last until power off. |
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| 21 | If you flashed a .jic, then it will require the board powering off/on to load. This will load until you flash the next jic or update via sd card. |