USB Blaster III - ArrowElectronics/Agilex-5 GitHub Wiki

Introduction

The Eagle board is shipped with an Arrow-Blaster. It uses the same FTDI device as an Altera USB Blaster III. The Arrow Blaster can be reflashed to function as a USB Blaster III. There are a number of advantages when doing this upgrade.

• Driver support is included with the Quartus tool installation.
• Works flawlessly with Linux hosts.
• Continually updated and maintained with new Altera software updates.

Download and install FTProg

FTProg is a utility provided by FTDI that facilitates the reflashing of FTDI devices. Download the FTProg utility here. Note the Microsoft .NET requirements.

Download the template

Download the template here

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Reflash the FTDI device

Use a micro USB cable to connect the Arrow-Blaster to your PC.

Open FTProg

Scan for the FTDI device.

    $ FILE --> Scan and Parse

Load the USB Blaster III template.

    $ FILE --> Open Template

Select the device.

    $ Right click Device:0
    $ Apply Template --> Template: UB3_6022.xml

Program the device

    $ DEVICES --> Program

Verify

Unplug the UB3 and plug it in again.

Open the Device manager