Introduction; Supported Devices; Power Requirements - Altera USB-Blaster User Manual

Introduction

The USB-Blaster™ download cable interfaces a USB port on a host computer to an
Altera
from the PC to a standard 10-pin header connected to the FPGA. You can use the
USB-Blaster cable to iteratively download configuration data to a system during
prototyping or to program data into the system during production.

Supported Devices

You can use the USB-Blaster download cable to download configuration data to the
following Altera devices:
Stratix
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■ Cyclone
■ MAX
■ Arria
APEX
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ACEX
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■ Mercury
■ FLEX 10K
■ Excalibur
You can perform in-system programming of the following devices:
■ Altera configuration devices including EPC2 devices.
■ Enhanced configuration devices including EPC4, EPC8, and EPC16 devices.
■ Serial configuration devices including EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and
EPCS128 devices.
In addition, you can perform SignalTap
The USB-Blaster download cable supports target systems using 5.0-V TTL, 3.3-V
LVTTL/LVCMOS, and single-ended I/O standards from 1.5 V to 3.3 V.

Power Requirements

The USB-Blaster download cable requires the following power sources:
■ 5.0 V from the USB cable
■ Between 1.5 V and 5.0 V from the target circuit board
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1. Setting Up the USB-Blaster Download
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FPGA mounted on a printed circuit board. The cable sends configuration data
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GX series FPGAs
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1K FPGAs
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II logic analysis.
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