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Hardware Setup
ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide © July 2008 Altera Corporation
Software Requirements
The ByteBlaster II download cable is available for Windows 2000, Windows NT,
Windows XP, and Linux.
Use the Quartus
®
II software version 4.0 or later to configure your device. The
ByteBlaster II download cable also supports the following tools:
■ Quartus II Programmer (for programming and configuration), which you can run
within the Quartus II software or as a standalone version
■ Quartus II SignalTap II Embedded Logic Analyzer (for logic analysis), which you
can run within the Quartus II software or as a standalone version
■ Nios
®
II IDE (for software downloading and debugging)
■ Nios II IDE Flash Programmer (for programming Flash devices)
Hardware Setup
This section describes how to install and set up the ByteBlaster II download cable for
device configuration and programming.
1 For plug and header dimensions, pin names, and operating conditions, refer to
Chapter 2, ByteBlaster II Specifications chapter. Connect your ByteBlaster II
download cable to the circuit board as instructed below:
1. Disconnect the power cable from the circuit board.
2. Connect the ByteBlaster II cable to a parallel port on your PC.
3. Connect the ByteBlaster II download cable to the 10-pin header on the device
board. Figure 1–1 shows the ByteBlaster II download cable and the circuit board
connector.
4. Connect the power cable to reapply power to the circuit board.
Figure 1–1. The ByteBlaster II Download Cable
ByteBlaster
TM
II
®
ByteBlaster II 10-pin
Female Plug
Computer
Parallel Port
ByteBlaster II
Download Cable
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Software Setup
© July 2008 Altera Corporation ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide
1 If the Found New Hardware wizard prompts you to install a new hardware driver,
close the wizard and install the hardware driver using the instructions provided in
“Installing the Driver on a Windows System” or “Installing the Driver on a Linux
System”, depending on your system.
Software Setup
This section describes the following topics:
■ “Installing the Driver on a Windows System” on page 1–3
■ “Installing the Driver on a Linux System” on page 1–4
■ “Setting Up the ByteBlaster II Hardware in the Quartus II Software” on page 1–5
Installing the Driver on a Windows System
This section describes how to install the ByteBlaster II driver on a Windows system.
Before you begin the installation, verify the ByteBlaster II driver is located in your
directory:
\<Quartus II system directory>\drivers\win2000\win2000.inf
Installing the Driver for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
To install the driver for Windows 2000 or Windows XP, perform the following steps:
1. For Windows 2000, choose Settings > Control Panel (Windows Start menu). For
Windows XP, choose Control Panel (Windows Start menu).
2. Click Switch to Classic View if necessary (Control Panel window).
3. Double-click the Add Hardware icon to start the Add Hardware wizard and click
Next to continue.
4. Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware and click Next.
5. Select Add a new hardware device from the Installed hardware list, and click
Next to continue.
6. Select Install from a list or specified location (Advanced) and click Next to
continue.
1 Depending on your system, the wording of this option may vary slightly.
7. Select Sound, video and game controllers, and click Next to continue.
8. Select Have Disk and browse to the location of the driver on your system. The
default location is the \<Quartus II system directory>\ drivers\win2000
directory.
9. Select win2000.inf and click Open to continue.
10. Click OK to install the selected driver.
11. Click Continue Anyway when the Software Installation warning appears.
12. Select Altera ByteBlaster and click Next to continue.
13. Click Next to install the driver.
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ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide © July 2008 Altera Corporation
14. Click Continue Anyway when the Hardware Installation warning appears.
15. Click Finish in the Completing the Add Hardware Wizard window. Reboot your
system.
Installing the Driver for Windows NT
To install the driver for Windows NT, perform the following steps:
1. For Windows NT, choose Settings > Control Panel (Windows Start menu).
2. Double-click the Multimedia icon in the Control Panel window.
3. Click the Devices tab and click the Add button.
4. Click Unlisted or Updated Driver from the List of Drivers list box and click OK.
5. Browse to the location of the driver on your system. The default location is the
\<Quartus II system directory>\ drivers\win2000 directory. Click OK.
6. Select Altera ByteBlaster or Altera ByteBlaster II in the Add Unlisted or Updated
Driver window and click OK. Reboot your system.
Installing the Driver on a Linux System
The Altera ByteBlaster kernel driver is required for Linux workstations running Red
Hat Linux version 7.3 or 8.0 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3.0 or later that use
the ByteBlaster II download cable. You must install and compile the Altera
ByteBlaster kernel driver separately from the Quartus II software.
To compile the Altera ByteBlaster kernel driver, you must have the following Red Hat
Package Manager (RPM) packages, which are available from the Red Hat website at
www.redhat.com:
■ .gcc-2.96-81
■ .make-3.79.1-5
■ .binutils-2.10.91.0.2-3
■ kernel-headers (RPM version must correspond to kernel version)
To verify that an RPM is installed, use the rpm -q <name> command. For example,
rpm -q gcc verifies that the gcc RPM is installed.
1 You do not need to install the ByteBlaster II download cable before installing the
Altera ByteBlaster kernel driver.
1 You must have superuser or “root” privileges to install this driver.
To install the driver for Linux, perform the following steps:
1. Decompress the byteblaster.tar.gz file by typing the following command at the
command prompt:
tar -xzvf byteblaster.tar.gz r
2. Access the new directory by typing the following command at the command
prompt:
cd byteblaster r
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