Install Quartus Prime Lite (free)
- Tested on Windows, but Linux should work too
- Tested with version 23.1, but newer should also be OK
Open the adc_board_firmware/coincidence.qpf project file in this directory with Quartus Prime Lite
- File... Open Project
If you've made changes to the code, recompile
- Processing... Start Compilation (or the "play" button in the menu bar)
To upload firmware to board:
- Attach power to board
- Attach USB Blaster to board via JTAG (to set up the usb blaster see tips below)
- Tools... Programmer
- Hardware Setup... select USB blaster by double clicking, then close
- (If you need permanent writing to the board flash, and have recompiled, remake the jic file by doing File... Convert Programming Files, then Open Conversion Setup Data..., select adc_board_firmware/coincidence.cof, then Generate button at bottom)
- Add File... adc_board_firmware/output_files/coincidence.sof (for temporary testing) or adc_board_firmware/output_files/coincidence.jic (for permanent writing to the board flash memory)
- Select checkbox Program/Configure
- Start
To setup USB Blaster on Windows:
- After plugging in the USB Blaster, it may appear as an unrecognized device in the device manager. If so, you need to install a driver for it. Drivers come with the Quartus installation (even the "programmer only" version). Follow these instructions to install the driver:
Plug in the USB blaster device, go to it in the device manager, and do Update driver, then Browse my computer for drivers, Let me pick from a list of devices, select JTAG cables, Have disk, and select the intelFPGA_lite<version>\quartus\drivers\usb-blaster-ii directory, and install.
To setup USB Blaster on Linux:
- In theory it should work out of the box, but you just need permissions to access it. Try this and then plug it in:
sudo cp HaasoscopePro/software/blaster.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
Tips in case of problems:
- Maybe the USB-blaster must first be powered from the board and then connected to the PC. So the procedure step by step: connect the USB-Blaster to your board, power-on the board, plug the USB cable in the PC.
Screenshots for temporary (sof) or permanent flash (jic) programming:
