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Using USB Blaster / USB Blaster II under Linux. And use it to boot Linux on the Altera Arria 10 nop SoC Development board. Need any specific usb drivers on. Expand that list and there should be “Altera USB-Blaster” Right click on Altera USB-Blaster Choose Update Driver Software In the popup choose “Browse my computer for driver software” Click Browse and navigate to the altera folder C: altera Make sure the “Include Subfolders” is checked; Click next; If successful windows will say. Setting Up the USB-Blaster Download Cable Introduction 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. Download Center for FPGAs - Get the complete suite of Intel design tools for FPGAs. The Driver Update Tool – is a utility that contains more than 27 million official drivers for all hardware, including usb-blaster driver. This utility was recognized by many users all over the world as a modern, convenient alternative to manual updating of the drivers and also received a high rating from known computer publications.

From Terasic Wiki

Driver Installation for Altera USB-Blaster II

1. Plug the USB-Blaster II cable into your PC.
2. Open the Device Manager, and right-click on the Unknown device under the Other devices branch.
3. Select Update Driver Software.
4. elect Browse my computer for driver software.
5. Enter the location of the Quartus Prime software USB-Blaster II driver files directory (<Path to Quartus Prime installation>driversusb-blaster-ii) in the Search for driver software in this location field.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Install in the Would you like to install this device software? Windows security dialog box.
8. Close the Update Driver Software - Altera USB-Blaster II (Unconfigured)successful installation notification. The Device Manager now shows a new branch called JTAG cables with an Altera USB-#Blaster II (Unconfigured) node.
9. Open the Quartus Prime Programmer. Within a few seconds, the JTAG cables branch displays two nodes: Altera USB-Blaster II (JTAG interface) and Altera-USB Blaster II (System Console interface).

(I just write it down just in case that website is not available any more.)

Altera Usb-blaster Driver

1. Plug in the power and turn on your development board
2. Plug in your Development board or USB Blaster device into a free USB port
3. In Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 go to Start and search for “device manager”
4. Click on Device manager in the search results
5. In device manager find the item list “other devices”
6. Expand that list and there should be “Altera USB-Blaster”
7. Right click on Altera USB-Blaster
   1. Choose Update Driver Software…
8. In the popup choose “Browse my computer for driver software”
9. Click Browse and navigate to the altera folder C:altera
   1. Make sure the “Include Subfolders” is checked
10. Click next
11. If successful windows will say “Windows has successfully updated your driver software”
12. Click close
13. Back in device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controllers there should be the Altera USB-Blaster
14. Close out of Device manager and you are now ready to program your Development board.

Altera Usb Blaster Driver Linux

Note: On the DE2-115 there are two USB ports but the one closet to the edge is the USB blaster

Altera Usb-blaster Driver Download Windows 10

Note: It is best to NOT use USB ports that have active power or an “always on” feature as these ports can damage your development board or USB blaster chip