USB BLASTER is showing in device manager but not getting detected in hardware setup of Quartus prime

[ARG007]

The USB blaster is used in EPM240T100C5N CPLD board, but it is not getting detected in Quartus prime software. 

[NurAiman_M_Intel]

Hi,

• How many USB blaster has you tested and how many are working?
• Does the broken USB blaster ever been detected before?
• Have customer try to uninstall and reinstall the USB blaster driver?

Regards,

Aiman

[ARG007]

1. I have tested one USB blaster, here is the following link.

https://www.flyrobo.in/usb-blaster-altera-cpld-fpga-programmer?tracking=ads&tracking=4a9a9a&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOnS1Ic9tx34q9Gp_j0umB9ksllTyBn5EwmBuYc-piXsLOBYUqtIoxQaAj4IEALw_wcB 

2. The USB blaster is getting detected in Device manager, I have given a proper path. But its not getting detected in hardware set up in Quartus Prime Lite 22.1 std edition.

3. I have tried many times to install and uninstall the driver, its getting detected with some of the driver but not showing up in Quartus prime, even I tried with the Quartus II programmer but its not getting detected.

Am I missing some small details to operate it with EPM240T100C5N CPLD?

Regards and Thanks

Arpan

[FvM]

Hi,
these USB Blaster clones are known not to work with recent Windows 10 USB Blaster drivers. As far as I know, this is no intentional restriction created by Intel but due to the fact that the original FTDI driver used as part of the driver stack is blocking counterfeit and also emulated FTDI chips.

There are solutions suggested on the net, e.g. using Windows 7 drivers. Search for USB Blaster Clone.

I prefer Terasic USB Blaster or Arrow Blaster as economic solution.

Regards

Frank

[ARG007]

I am using the EPM240T100C5N board and would appreciate recommendations for a functional and cost-effective USB Blaster. Additionally, as I am beginning development with the MAX V CPLD, could you suggest the type of debugger I should use to avoid potential issues down the line?

[NurAiman_M_Intel · Accepted solution]

Sorry to tell you that we do not ensure the quality of clones devices. Hence we are unable to provide further service for this case.

I now transition this thread to community support. f you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you.

We apologize for the inconveniences.

Regards,

Aiman