Altera USB-Blaster II - Manual (Page 5)

October 2014 Altera Corporation USB-Blaster II Download Cable
User Guide
1. Setting Up the USB-Blaster II Download
Cable
The USB-Blaster™ II download cable interfaces a USB port on a host computer to an
Altera
® FPGA mounted on a printed circuit board. The download cable sends data
from the PC to a standard 10-pin header connected to the FPGA. You can use the
download cable for the following:
■ Iteratively download configuration data to a system during prototyping
■ Program data into the system during production
■ Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) key and fuse programming
Supported Devices and Systems
You can use the USB-Blaster II download cable to download configuration data to the
following Altera devices:
■ Stratix ® series FPGAs
■ Cyclone ® series FPGAs
■ MAX ® series CPLDs
■ Arria ® series FPGAs
You can perform in-system programming of the following devices:
■ EPC4, EPC8, and EPC16 enhanced configuration devices
■ EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, and EPCS/Q128, EPCQ256, and EPCQ512 serial
configuration devices
The download cable supports target systems using the following:
■ 5.0-V TTL, 3.3-V LVTTL/LVCMOS
■ Single-ended I/O standards from 1.5 V to 3.3 V
Power Source Requirements
■ 5.0 V from the USB cable
■ Between 1.5 V and 5.0 V from the target circuit board
Software Requirements and Support
■ Windows 7/8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
■ Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
■ Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
■ Linux platforms such as Red Hat Enterprise 5
Use the Quartus ® II software version 14.0 or later to configure your device.