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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 host computer to a standard 10-pin header connected to the FPGA. You can use the USB-Blaster download cable to iteratively download configuration data to a system during prototyping or to program data into the system during production.

USB-Blaster Revision

Table 1-1: USB-Blaster Revision

Revision Indicator Description RoHS Compliant

Rev. A Ribbon cable. No

revision marking on the casing.

Rev. B "Rev. B" on the casing. 10-pin female connector that is connected

Rev. C "Rev. C" on the casing. 10-pin female connector that is connected

10-pin female connector that is connected to the USB-Blaster through a ribbon cable.

to the USB-Blaster through a flexible PCB cable.

No

Yes

Supported Devices and Host Systems

You can use the USB-Blaster download cable with supported Altera FPGAs, serial configuration devices, and host systems.

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Supported Devices and Host Systems

Table 1-2: Supported Devices and Host Systems

FPGA Serial Configuration Device Host System

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Stratix® series

Arria® series

Cyclone® series

MAX® series

EPCS devices

EPCQ devices

EPCQ-L devices

Windows

Linux

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USBInterface

Chip

EPM7064AETC44

I/Os

V

CC (TRGT)

Pin 1

V

CC

I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O

I/O

USBVCC

USB

Receptacle

10-Pin

Female Plug

Voltage Translator

Circuitry

0.5 (1)

7.5 (1)

2.5

1.0

2.0

(1) Applies to Rev. B and Rev. C.

All Dimensions are in inches.

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The USB-Blaster download cable has a universal USB connector that plugs into the PC USB port, and a female connector that plugs into a male header on the device board. This section shows the hardware components, their dimensions, and lists the pins, operating conditions and power requirements.

Block Diagram and Dimension

Figure 2-1: Block Diagram of the USB-Blaster Download Cable

Figure 2-2: Dimension of the USB-Blaster Download Cable

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0.023 Sq .

0.235

0.100

Side View

0.100

Top View

Dimensions are in inches

10-pin Male Header

0.250 Typ.

0.700 Typ.

0.425 Typ.

0.100 Sq.

1098765432

1

0.025 Sq.

Spacing between pin centers is 0.1 inches.

10-pin Female Connector

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Cable-to-Board Connection

The USB-Blaster has a 10-pin female connector, which plugs into a 10-pin male header on the device board. The male header consists of two rows of five pins, which are connected to the programming or configuration pins of the device.

A 10-pin surface mount header can be used for the JTAG, AS, or PS download cable. However, Altera recommends using a through-hole connector because of the repeated insertion and removal force needed.

Figure 2-3: Connectors and Dimensions

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Pin Description

The following table lists the pins of the USB-Blaster female plug and describes their functions in the JTAG, active serial and passive serial modes.

Table 2-1: Signal Names of the USB-Blaster Female Plug

Signal Name Description Signal Name Description Signal Name Description

1 DCLK Clock signal. DCLK Clock signal. TCK Clock signal. 2 GND Signal ground. GND Signal ground. GND Signal ground. 3 CONF_DONE Configuration

4 V

5 nCONFIG Configuration

CC(TRGT)

6 nCE Cyclone chip

AS Mode PS Mode JTAG Mode

CONF_DONE Configuration

done.

Target power

V

CC(TRGT)

supplied by

the device

board.

nCONFIG Configuration

control.

— — PROC_RST Active-low signal for

enable.

done.

Target power

supplied by

the device

board.

control.

TDO Data from device.

V

CC(TRGT)

Target power supplied

by the device board.

TMS JTAG state machine

control.

hard processor reset.

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Signal Name Description Signal Name Description Signal Name Description

7 DATAOUT Active serial

8 nCS Serial

AS Mode PS Mode JTAG Mode

data out.

nSTATUS Configuration

status.

— —

— — — —

configuration

device chip

select.

9 ASDI Active serial

DATA0 Data to device. TDI Data to device.

data in.

10 GND Signal ground. GND Signal ground. GND Signal ground.

Operating Conditions

Use the provided maximum ratings, recommended operating conditions and DC operating conditions to ensure the correct usage of the USB-Blaster download cable.

Table 2-2: Absolute Maximum Ratings

Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit

V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(USB)

I

Target supply voltage With respect to ground –0.3 5.5 V USB supply voltage With respect to ground –0.5 6.0 V Input current TDO or dataout –10.0 10.0 mA Output current for Rev.

–20.0 20.0 mA

A or Rev. B cable

I

o

Output current for Rev.

TCK, TMS, TDI, nCS, nCE

–50.0 50.0 mA

C cable

Table 2-3: Recommended Operating Conditions

Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit

Target supply voltage,

— 4.75 5.25 V

5.0-V operation Target supply voltage,

— 3.0 3.6 V

3.3-V operation

V

CC(TRGT)

Target supply voltage,

2.5-V operation Target supply voltage,

— 2.375 2.625 mA

— 1.71 1.89 mA

1.8-V operation Target supply voltage,

1.5-V operation

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Table 2-4: DC Operating Conditions for USB-Blaster Rev. A and B

Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit

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V

IH

High-level input

— V

CC(TRGT)

– 0.2 — V

voltage

V

IL

Low-level input

— — 0.15 V

voltage

5.0-V high-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 4.5 V, IOH = 1 mA 4.4 — V

output voltage

3.3-V high-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 3.0 V, IOH = 1 mA 2.9 — V

output voltage

V

OH

2.5-V high-level output voltage

1.8-V high-level

V

CC(TRGT)

mA V

CC(TRGT)

= 2.375 V, IOH = 1

2.275 — V

= 1.71 V, IOH = 1 mA 1.61 — V

output voltage

1.5-V high-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 1.43 V, IOH = 1 mA 1.33 — V

output voltage

5.0-V low-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 5.5 V, IOL = 1 mA — 0.125 V

output voltage

3.3-V low-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 3.6 V, IOL = 1 mA — 0.125 V

output voltage

V

OL

2.5-V low-level output voltage

V

CC(TRGT)

mA

= 2.625 V, IOL = 1

— 0.125 V

1.8-V low-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 1.89 V, IOL = 1 mA — 0.125 V

output voltage

1.5-V low-level

V

CC(TRGT)

= 1.57 V, IOL = 1 mA — 0.125 V

output voltage

I

CC(TRGT)

Operating

Typical I

CC(TRGT)

= 16 uA — 100 uA current (No Load)

Table 2-5: DC Operating Conditions for USB-Blaster Rev. C

Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit

V

IH

V

IL

High-level input voltage

Low-level input voltage

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

>= 2.0 V 2.0 — V < 2.0 V V

CC(TRGT)

— V >= 2.0 V — 0.8 V < 2.0 V — 0 V

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Power Requirements

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V

OH

V

OL

I

CC(TRGT)

5.0-V high-level output voltage

3.3-V high-level output voltage

2.5-V high-level output voltage

1.8-V high-level output voltage

5.0-V high-level output voltage

3.3-V high-level output voltage

2.5-V high-level output voltage

1.8-V high-level output voltage

Operating current (No Load)

V

CC(TRGT)

mA V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

mA V

CC(TRGT)

mA V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

V

CC(TRGT)

mA V

CC(TRGT)

Typical I

= 4.5 V, IOH = -10

3.8 — V

= 3.0 V, IOH = -8 mA 2.3 — V

= 2.375 V, IOH = -6

= 1.71 V, IOH = -4

1.8 — V

1.2 — V

= 5.5 V, IOL = 10 mA — 0.8

= 3.6 V, IOL = 8 mA — 0.7

= 2.625 V, IOL = 6

— 0.6

= 1.89 V, IOL = 4 mA — 0.5

CC(TRGT)

= 16 uA — 100 uA

Power Requirements

The USB-Blaster V

CC(TRGT)

Connect pull-up resistors to the same power supply as the USB-Blaster V

Table 2-6: V

CC(TRGT)

Device Family Voltage Required

Power Requirements

FPGAs

Stratix V, Stratix IV, and Stratix III As specified by V Stratix II, Stratix II GX, and Stratix

GX

Arria 10 As specified by V

Arria V As specified by V

Arria II GX As specified by V

Arria GX As specified by V

Cyclone V As specified by V Cyclone IV As specified by V Cyclone III As specified by V

Max 10 As specified by V

pin must be connected to a specific voltage for the device being programmed.

As specified by V

CCPD

CCPGM

or V

CCPGM

CCA

CC(TRGT)

or V

CCPD

.

CCSEL

or V

CCIO

.

CCPD

of Bank 8C

CCIO

.

CCSEL

or V

CCPD

or V

CCIO

or V

CCIO

.

CCIO

.

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EPCS 3.3 V

EPCQ 3.3 V

EPCQ-L 1.8 V

RoHS Compliance

Table 2-7: Hazardous Substances and Concentration

A value of 0 indicates that the concentration of the hazardous substance in all homogeneous materials in the parts is below the relevant threshold as specified by the SJ/T11363-2006 standard.

Part Name Lead (Pb) Cadmium

(Cd)

Hexavalent

Chromium

(Cr6+)

Mercury

(Hg)

Polybromi‐

nated

Biphenyls

(PBB)

Polybrominated

Diphenyl Ethers

(PBB)

Electronic

0 0 0 0 0 0

components Populated

0 0 0 0 0 0

circuit board Manufacturing

0 0 0 0 0 0

process Packing 0 0 0 0 0 0

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To start using the USB-Blaster download cable, you must install the drivers on your system and set up the hardware in the Quartus II software. Altera recommends that you use the latest version of the Quartus II software.

To program or configure the device, connect the host system to the device board using the USB-Blaster download cable and initiate the programming or configuration using the Quartus II Programmer. You can also use the cable with the Quartus II SignalTap® II Logic Analyzer for logic analysis.

Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows

1. Locate the USB-Blaster driver in \<Quartus II system directory>\drivers\usb-blaster.

If the driver is not in your directory, download the driver from www.altera.com/support/software/drivers.

2. Connect the USB-Blaster download cable to your PC.

3. Open Device Manager. In the Other devices tab, select and right click USB-Blaster. Then, click Update Driver Software.

4. Click Browse. Browse to \<Quartus II system directory>\drivers\usb-blaster and click Next.

The Windows security warning is displayed.

5. Click Install to begin installing the driver.

6. Click Finish when the driver is installed.

7. Restart your system.

Related Information

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/download/drivers/dri-index.html

Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Linux

The Quartus II software uses the USB drivers (usbfs) provided by Red Hat Linux to access the USBBlaster download cable. You need system administration (root) privileges to configure the drivers. You must also change the permission on the ports before using the USB-Blaster download cable to program devices.

Related Information

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/download/drivers/dri-index.html

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Installing on Red Hat Enterprise 4 or Earlier Versions

1. Add the following lines to the /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap file.

#

# Altera USB-Blaster

#

usbblaster 0x03 0x09fb 0x6001 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

usbblaster 0x03 0x09fb 0x6002 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

usbblaster 0x03 0x09fb 0x6003 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

2. Create a file named /etc/hotplug/usb/usbblaster and add the following lines to it.

#!/bin/sh

# USB-Blaster hotplug script

# Allow any user to access the cable

chmod 666 $DEVICE

3. Make the file executable.

4. Complete your installation by setting up the programming hardware in the Quartus II software as

described in the following section.

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1. Create a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules and add the following lines to it. Ensure that all

code after #USB-Blaster must be in one line.

# USB-Blaster

BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'K=%k; K=$${K#usbdev}; printf /proc/bus/usb/%%03i/%%03i $${K%%% %.*} $${K#*.}'", RUN+="/bin/chmod 0666 %c"

2. Complete your installation by setting up the programming hardware in the Quartus II software.

Setting up the USB-Blaster Hardware in the Quartus II Software

1. Launch the Quartus II software.

2. Click Tools > Programmer.

3. Click Hardware Setup.

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The Hardware Settings tab of the Hardware Setup dialog box is displayed.

4. From the Currently selected hardware drop-down list, select USB-Blaster [USB-0].

5. Click Close to close the Hardware Setup dialog box.

6. In the Programmer window, select the desired programming mode from the Mode drop-down list.

Table 3-1: Programming Modes

Mode Description

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) Programs or configures all supported Altera devices except EPCS,

EPCQ, and EPCQ-L devices.

In-Socket Programming USB-Blaster does not support this programming mode.

Passive Serial Configures all supported Altera devices except EPCS, EPCQ, and

EPCQ-L devices.

Active Serial Programming Programs a single EPCS, EPCQ, or EPCQ-L device.

Connecting the USB-Blaster Download Cable to the Board

1. Disconnect the power cable from the device board.

2. Connect the USB-Blaster download cable to your PC.

3. Plug the USB-Blaster download cable into the 10-pin header on the device board.

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Figure 3-2: Connection to the Device Board

4. Connect the power cable to the device board. The Found New Hardware wizard may open and prompt you to install a new hardware driver. Close the wizard and follow the steps provided in subsequent sections to install the hardware driver.

5. To disconnect the USB Blaster download cable from the device board, follow these steps to ensure that the cable is not damaged.

a. Remove power from the device board. b. Unplug the USB-Blaster download cable from the board. c. Unplug the USB-Blaster download cable from your PC.

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• Updated the document organization.

• Added new devices in the following sections: Supported Devices and Host Systems and Power Requirements.

• Updated the procedure on driver installation for Windows.

• Revised the pin width of the female plug.

• Updated “Supported Devices” section.

• Updated “Software Requirements”.

• Deleted handnote in “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows Vista Systems”.

• Updated Table 2–1.

• Added a handnote in “Circuit Board Header Connection”.

• Updated Table 2–5.

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April 2008 2.4

• Added “Statement of China-RoHS Compliance”.

• Added Table 2–8.

• Added “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows Vista Systems”.

May 2007 2.3

• Updated “Introduction”.

• Added warning note about USB-Blaster cable in “Hardware Setup” section.

• Added information on Linux setup in “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Linux” section.

• Added feetpara note on driver information just before the “Setting Up the USB-Blaster Hardware in the Quartus II Software” section.

• Updated USB-Blaster installation procedure for QII

6.1 (32-bit or 64-bit) in “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Systems” section.

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• Update to “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Systems” section.

July 2006 2.1 Minor update to Chapter 2, USB-Blaster Specifica‐

tions.

June 2006 2.0

• Updated Figure 2–1, Table 2–1, and Table 2–7.

• Added Table 2–6.

December

1.2 Update to conditions in Table 2–2.

2004 November

1.1 Minor update.

2004 July 2004 1.0 Initial release.

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Contents

Introduction to USB-Blaster Download Cable

USB-Blaster Revision

Supported Devices and Host Systems

Specifications for USB-Blaster Download Cable

Block Diagram and Dimension

Cable-to-Board Connection

Pin Description

Operating Conditions

Power Requirements

RoHS Compliance

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Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Windows

Installing the USB-Blaster Driver on Linux

Installing on Red Hat Enterprise 4 or Earlier Versions

Installing on Red Hat Enterprise 5

Setting up the USB-Blaster Hardware in the Quartus II Software

Connecting the USB-Blaster Download Cable to the Board