This is due to the fact that Windows 8 doesn’t allow you to install unsigned drivers by default so you need to disable this security option. Now, if you follow the instruction from Altera USB blaster install you probably get to step 8 of the instructions after which you are not prompted with a window mentioned on step 9. On my system it is located in:Ĭ:\altera\15.0\quartus\drivers\usb-blaster\ You probably already have it if you installed Quartus II, it comes with the installation. I lost a significant amount of time to make the driver work on Windows 8.1 so to speed things up for you, here is what you do.įirst, you need to obtain the driver to be installed. As far as I know there is no problem in installing the driver on Windows 7 but if you are using Windows 8 or 8.1 then you probably ran into the problem of Windows not allowing you to install unsigned drivers. When The software for this device has been successfully installed dialog box appears, click Close.I started playing around with FPGA development using the Terasic DE0 development board recently and the first problem I encountered was the installation of the USB blaster driver. The installation wizard guides you through the installation process. If you are prompted Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software, select Install this driver software anyway in the Window Security dialog box. Select the Include subfolders option, and click Next. Note: Do not select the x32 or 圆4 directories. Select Browse my computer for driver software (advanced) when you see the Windows couldn’t find driver software for your device dialog box.Ĭlick Browse, and browse to the \drivers\usb-blaster directory.When you are prompted to Insert the disc that came with your USB-Blaster, select I don’t have the disc.Select Locate and install driver software (recommended).Else if the dialog box did not appear, open Device Manager from Windows Start menu. The Found New Hardware dialog box appears. Plug the USB-Blaster download cable into your PC.Faster compile in schematic mode, due to no intermediate Verilog compile.
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