Altera Corporation Development Kit Version 1.1.0 2–17
July 2005 MAX II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide
Getting Started
Using the USB Reference Design
1. Program the board with the USBReferenceDesign.pof file. (Refer to
“Programming the MAX II Device” on page 2–4 for details on how
to load POF files into the MAX II device.)
2. To install the drivers, perform the following steps:
a. When you plug the board into your PC, the message “Found
New Hardware” appears. When that occurs, open your Control
Panel and then open the System Menu. Click the Hardware tab
and then click the Device Manager. In the Device Manager
window look for an item called Other Devices between
Network Adapters and Ports (COM & LPT). If you see Other
Devices, then you must install the drivers. Proceed to Step b.
If you don’t see Other Devices, then expand the Ports (COM &
LPT) item and look for USB Serial Port (COM X), where X is an
integer. If you see the USB Serial Port, then the XP found the
drivers and installed them. Proceed to Step 3.
b. In the Device Manager window, expand the Other Devices
item. Right click on USB <- -> Serial and click Update Driver.
This will launch the Found New Hardware Wizard. In the
Wizard menu select Install from a list or specific location and
click Next.
c. Select Don’t Search. I will choose the driver to install. Click
Next.
d. Leave Show All Devices highlighted and click Next.
e. Click Have Disk.
f. Click Browse and browse to the <root>\Examples\HW
\ReferenceDesigns\USB_ReferenceDesign\Win98_2k_XP_
Drivers directory. Click Open. This will return you to the
Install From Disk menu. Click OK and then select Next in the
Wizard menu. Driver installation should then complete. Click
Finish and note that the COM (Ports & LPT) item in the Device
Manager window now contains an item called USB Serial Port
(COM X), where X is an integer number. You will need to know
the value of X, so make a note of it.
3. Start the USB_Utility.exe application located in the
<root>/Examples/HW/ReferenceDesigns/USB_ReferenceDesign/
Software directory. The user interface shown in Figure 2–6 should
appear.
