Terasic Technologies USB-Blaster™ Download Cable

Terasic 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. The USB-Blaster cable allows to download configuration data to a system during prototyping or to program data into the system during production. This download cable also offers better anti-noise capabilities and uses the same circuit as in the Terasic DE2 Board for Altera Cyclone^® II.

Features

100% compatible with Altera USB-blaster
Better anti-noise capabilities
The same circuit is used in Altera DE2 Board
Power requirements - 5V from the USB cable and 1.5V-5.0V from the target circuit board
Available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux systems
Use the Quartus^® II software version 4.0 or later to configure a device
Download configuration data to FPGA devices
- Stratix® II, Stratix II GX, Stratix GX, and Stratix family
- Cyclone™ II and Cyclone family
- APEX™ II and APEX 20K family
- CEX® 1K devices
- Mercury™ devices
- FLEX™ 10K, FLEX 10KE, and FLEX 10KA family
- Excalibur™ devices

Download configuration data to User Flash Memory (UFM) devices
- MAX® II family
Download configuration data to EEPROM-based devices
- MAX 3000 and MAX 7000 family
Perform in-system programming of advanced configuration devices
- EPC2, EPC4, EPC8, EPC16, and EPC1441 devices
Perform in-system programming of serial configuration devices
- EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, and EPCS64 devices