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Cable and Adapter Drivers Information

Some Altera® products require drivers. You must set up the correct drivers before using those products. For example, to use an Intel download cable or programming unit to program devices with the Quartus® Prime software, you must first set up the correct driver.

Note: Some cable drivers are not available for download on this page. They are available after you install the Intel Quartus Prime software in the <Quartus Prime Installation Directory>\drivers directory.

Table 1 provides driver installation and set-up procedures for the Windows* versions of the Intel Quartus Prime software. Table 2 provides driver set-up procedures for Linux* and UNIX* versions.

Drivers for the legacy MAX+PLUS® II software are included with the software setup.
 

ProductWindows 10/ Windows 8/ Windows 7/ Windows Vista (32-/64-Bit)
EthernetBlaster cable
EthernetBlaster Communications Cable User Guide		Not supported
EthernetBlaster II cable
EthernetBlaster II Communications Cable User Guide		Not supported
Altera® FPGA Download Cable 
Altera FPGA Download Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
Altera FPGA Download Cable II
Altera Download Cable II User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
ByteBlaster™ II cable
ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
ByteBlasterMV™ cable (discontinued)
ByteBlasterMV Download Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
MasterBlaster™ cable (USB port) (discontinued)
MasterBlaster Serial/USB Communications Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
MasterBlaster cable (serial port) (discontinued)
MasterBlaster Serial/USB Communications Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
Master programming unit
(MPU and LP6 card) (discontinued)		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
Altera programming unit (USB port)Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
BitBlaster™ cable (discontinued)
BitBlaster Serial Download Cable data sheet		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
T-guard/dongleCables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide

 

Notes:

  1. Windows ME, Windows 95, and Windows 3.X operating systems are not supported by current versions of Intel software, and Intel does not provide drivers for programming hardware for those versions of Windows.
  2. Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit) and Windows XP (64 bit) operating systems do not support ByteBlaster cables.
  3. To use the Altera FPGA Download Cable II on Windows XP, you must update Windows XP to SP2 or later.
  4. A driver is required if the T-guard is connected to a parallel port other than LPT1. (Get additional information.)
     

Table 2. Linux and UNIX Driver Information for Intel FPGA Hardware

ProductLinux (32-/64-Bit)SolarisHP-UX
EthernetBlaster cable
EthernetBlaster Communications Cable User Guide		Upgrade firmwareUpgrade firmwareUpgrade firmware
EthernetBlaster II cable
EthernetBlaster II Communications Cable User Guide		Upgrade firmwareNot supportedNot supported
Altera FPGA Download Cable
Altera FPGA Download Cable User Guide		Set port permissionsNot supportedNot supported
Altera FPGA Download Cable IISet port permissionsNot supportedNot supported
ByteBlaster II cable
ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide		Set port permissionsNot supportedNot supported
ByteBlasterMV cable (discontinued)Set port permissionsNot supportedNot supported
ByteBlasterMV Download Cable User Guide   
MasterBlaster cable (USB port)
MasterBlaster Serial/USB Communications Cable User Guide		Not supportedNot supportedNot supported
MasterBlaster cable (serial port) (discontinued)
MasterBlaster Communications Cable User Guide		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
Master programming unit (MPU and LP6 card) (discontinued)Not supportedNot supportedNot supported
Altera programming unit (USB port) (discontinued)Not supportedNot supportedNot supported
BitBlaster cable (discontinued)
BitBlaster Serial Download Cable data sheet		Cables and Adapter Driver Installation Guide
T-guard/dongleNot supportedNot supportedNot supported
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