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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
USB-BlasterII device.
When you are finished, you will have added Altera USB-Blast II (JTAG interface) under JTAG cables.
Installing the USB-Blaster II Driver on Linux Systems
For Linux, the USB-Blaster II download cable supports Red Hat Enterprise 5 and above.
To access the download 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 adminis‐
tration (root) privileges to configure the USB-Blaster II 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.)
# USB-Blaster II
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{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 USB-Blaster II Hardware with the Quartus Prime Software” section on the
following page.
For more information about USB-Blaster II driver installation, refer to the Cable and Adapter Drivers
Information page.
Related Information
• Setting Up the USB-Blaster II Hardware with the Quartus Prime Software on page 1-5
• Cable and Adapter Drivers Information
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Installing the USB-Blaster II Driver on Linux Systems
UG-01150
2015.12.11
Altera Corporation
Setting Up the USB-Blaster II Download Cable
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