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Setting Up the USB-Blaster II Download Cable
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2015.12.11
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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, EPCQ-L and EPCQ512 serial configu‐
ration 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
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