Connecting my FPGA to PC

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I've just received my FPGA board (It's an Altera Baixun, EP1C6T144C8N) and I can't manage to get Quartus to detect it (when I go in Add hardware..., there is only two options: ByteBlaster and EthernetBlaster). It is linked to my PC with a serial cable.  Thank you.

[Altera_Forum]

one advice is you don't want to use Baixun's board. 

less people use it. terasic is much more popular and not expensive so much.  anyway I have seen the schematic of your board(maybe).  just attache your blaster and press AutoDetect button on QuartusII-Programmer software.  if you can see EP1C6 device?

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks for the reply. 

 I'm not connecting my board via USB Blaster. I'm using the serial cable at the moment and Quartus doesn't let met click on Auto-detect.

[Altera_Forum]

I guess, you didn't read the user's manual thoroughly. Quartus doesn't connect to the board through serial interfaces, it uses JTAG interface exclusively for configuration and test. Some boards have an on-board USB-Blaster with an USB connector, but I guess, the said board hasn't. You have to use USB Blaster, Byte Blaster or Ethernet Blaster to connect to the board.