I am currently working on a project with a Cyclone IV E. I use Quartus Prime version 16.1.0 on a desktop Windows 7 64-bit machine and use a USB Blaster rev. B for programming and debug. Everything works just fine.
In order to be able to program and debug at the installation location, I have installed the development system on Windows 10 64-bit running under VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro. With this setup, everything works fine as well, except programming. When I try to program the device with the Quartus programmer, I get the following error messages:
209040 Can't access JTAG chain
209012 Operation failed
Programming the
same target board with the
same programmer works perfectly from my desktop PC.
A logic analyzer shows identical signal patterns on the JTAG interface.
Running the JTAG Chain Debugger gives the following error messages:
Error: JTAG chain problem detected
Error: TDI connection to the first detected device UNKNOWN_NO_JTAG_ID might be shorted to GND
Error: The TCK and TMS conections to the device before the first detected device UNKNOWN_NO_JTAG_ID might have a problem
Both systems use the same device driver (2.12.0.0) for the Altera USB-Blaster, and I experience exactly the same problem with a Terasic USB-Blaster.
Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this? Is this a Windows 10 or a VMware problem?
Regards
Erik
