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Waveshare USB Blaster V2 Download Cable, compatible with ALTERA USB Blaster FPGA/CPLD programmer, high-speed FT245+CPLD solution

Waveshare USB Blaster V2 Download Cable, compatible with ALTERA USB Blaster FPGA/CPLD programmer, high-speed FT245+CPLD solution

Description

Waveshare USB Blaster V2 Download Cable, compatible with ALTERA USB Blaster FPGA/CPLD programmer. The USB Blaster Download Cable interfaces a USB port on a host computer to an Altera FPGA mounted on a printed circuit board. The cable sends configuration data from the PC to a standard 10-pin header connected to the FPGA. You can use the USB Blaster cable to iteratively download configuration data to a system during prototyping or to program data into the system during production.

It surpports most of the ALTERA FPGA/CPLD devices, Active Serial Configuration devices, Enhanced Configuration devices, and supports AS, PS, JTAG three download modes.

Key Features

LED Status

• • Hardware Solution
    • High speed FT245+CPLD+244 solution, similar download speed as the original ALTERA USB Blaster, with the same operation.
    • Download speed 1-3 times faster than other schemes, such as 68013 or C8051F.
  • Performance
    • Supports most of the ALTERA FPGA/CPLD devices, Active Serial Configuration devices, and Enhanced Configuration Devices.
    • Supports AS, PS, JTAG three download modes.
    • High-speed, stable, and internal FT245R+CPLD designed.
    • Supports 1.2-5V programming voltage.
    • Supports Nios II of embedded processor communication and debugging.
  • Supported Softwares
    • Quartus II integrated development environment.
    • NIOS II IDE integrated development environment.
    • NIOS II EDS integrated development environment.
  • Supported Devices
    Tested devices are listed below, including but not limited to:
    • CPLD: MAX3000, MAX7000A/B/S, MAX9000 and MAX II etc.
    • FPGA: Stratix, Stratix II, Cyclone, Cyclone II, CycloneIII, ACEX 1K, APEX 20K and FLEX 10K etc.
    • Active Serial Configuration Devices including: EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16 etc.
    • Enhanced Configuration Devices including: EPC1, EPC4 etc.
  • Connects to PC
    • Computer connection via USB 2.0 interface.
  • Connects to target board
    • Target board connection via JTAG, AS, PS interfaces. The figure 1, 2,and 3 below shows the header pinouts of different interfaces.

    Figure 1. JTAG header pinout
    

    Figure 2. AS header pinout
    

    Figure 3. PS header pinout
    

  • Red LED: Power indicator
  • Green LED: Signal indicator, the LED is on while downloading/programming

Weight: 0.102 kg

1. USB Blaster V2 × 1
2. USB Cable × 1
3. 10-pin cable × 1