You need to install drivers for each interface: one for the JTAG interface and one
for the System Console interface.
3. On the right-click menu, click Update Driver Software. The Update Driver
Software - USB BlasterII dialog appears.
4. Click Browse my computer for driver software to continue.
5. Click Browse… and browse to the location of the driver on your system:
\<Quartus Prime system directory>\drivers\usb-blaster-ii. Click OK.
6. Click Next to install the driver.
7. Click Install when asked if you want to install.
You should now have a JTAG cable showing in the Device Manager.
8. Now, install the driver for the other interface. Go back to step 2 and repeat the
process for the other download cable devices.
When you are finished, you will have added USB-Blast II (JTAG interface)
under JTAG cables.
1.6 Installing the Intel FPGA Download Cable II Driver on Linux
Systems
For Linux, the download cable supports Red Hat Enterprise 5, 6, and 7.
To access the cable, the Quartus Prime software uses the built-in Red Hat USB drivers,
the USB file system (usbfs). By default, root is the only user allowed to use usbfs. You
must have system administration (root) privileges to configure the Intel FPGA
download cable drivers.
1. Create a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules and add the
following lines to it. (The .rules file may already exist if you have installed an
earlier USB-Blaster version.)
a. Red Hat Enterprise 5 and 6
# Intel FPGA Download Cable II
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6810", MODE="0666"
b. Red Hat Enterprise 7 and above
# Intel FPGA Download Cable II
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6010",
MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6810",
MODE="0666"
Caution: There should be only three lines in this file, one starting with a comment
and two starting with BUS. Do not add extra line breaks to the .rules
file.
2. Complete your installation by setting up the programming hardware in the Quartus
Prime software. Go to the “Setting Up the Intel FPGA Download Cable II Hardware
with the Quartus Prime Software” section.
1 Setting Up the Intel FPGA Download Cable II
Intel FPGA Download Cable II User Guide
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