DE1 USB communication

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

I was wondering if there is any way to have USB communication on the DE1 board? I read a few articles regarding use of the Virtual JTAG which seemed interesting (I am yet to try those). The Qsys tool shows a USB Controller in its components menu. Can this be used to have a USB Communication? I do not know how to begin :confused:  -Ankur

[Altera_Forum]

Start with this tutorial; 

 http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/using_the_usb-blaster_as_an_sopc/qsys_avalon-mm_master_tutorial  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Cool. This takes the TCP/ IP route. I am starting the tutorial now. :) 

What do you think about using the Qsys USB controller?  -Ankur

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---   What do you think about using the Qsys USB controller?   --- Quote End ---   I've never used it. You'd need to read its documentation. For example, it might only be available on the newer ARM SoC devices. Older generation devices do not have USB interfaces. A board like the DE1 might have a USB controller (DE2 has an ISP1362), but a Qsys interface to this is "nothing" more than an interface to the device registers. You then need to interface to it using a NIOS II or your own HDL.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  This takes the TCP/ IP route.   --- Quote End ---   Actually it uses the JTAG interface. The TCP/IP example is layered on top of that so that you do not have to use Tcl if you do not want to.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Thanx a ton Dave. I atleast have a direction to look into. 

And yes, my bad about that :)