[hpsdr] Looking for a Procedure for using Terasic USB Blaster to Upgrade Firmware

[Phil Harman]

Hi Bob,

Since you have a USB Blaster cable you can eliminate all the programming 
steps needed to make the FX2 on Ozy look like an Altera USB Blaster.

Assuming you have connected the USB Blaster cable to the JTAG header on the 
board you wish to program then just run the Altera  Programmer code with the 
file name you want to use e.g. to program Mercury with V3.1 then make sure 
you are in the \USBBlaster_Binaries directory, open a DOS window and enter

c:\altera\11.1sp1\qprogrammer\bin\quartus_pgm -c USB-Blaster 
mercury_v3.1.cdf

Please note that I have not tested Quartus V11.1sp1 as yet since I'd rather 
others find any bugs before moving to that version. I'm currently using 
V11.0sp1.

You can also program the flash memory directly rather than via the JTAG , 
see the --help file for information as to how this is done.

If you intend to use the USB Blaster cable for all future code upgrades then 
I suggest you learn how to use the GUI version of the programmer 
(quartus_pgmw.exe) since, once you have mastered it, its easy to use.

Hope that helps.

73 Phil...VK6APH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Mahrenholz" <bobm at edge.net>
To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:35 PM
Subject: [hpsdr] Looking for a Procedure for using Terasic USB Blaster to 
Upgrade Firmware


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> Hi:
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> I purchased the Terasic USB Blaster Download Cable and have downloaded 
> Altera's Quartus II Programmer 11.1sp1.
> I have installed the Blaster's driver successfully. I'm now looking for a 
> helpful procedure to guide me the rest of the way
> to successfully programming my Mercury and Pennylane boards with the 
> upgraded files. I'm looking for something
> similar to VK6APH's USBBlaster-Binary procedure for using Ozy to do this.
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> Thanks for any help or ideas you can give me. I started with vacuum tubes 
> also.
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> 73,
> Bob Mahrenholz
> K4QQK
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