[gimmeheadroom]

Somebody has working drivers, but I'm not sure if anybody tried on Windows 11

I hope the guys @DACLadder @FredA @Jandu @JaMo can help.

 

[FredA]

For reference this where I bought the USB Blaster

Product description:
1. Stably support the function of SignalTap II embedded logic analyzer, and it will never be messy when grasping data!;
2. Support the whole series of devices of ALTERA company. Absolutely full series, don't worry that a device does not support it!
CPLDs: MAX3000, MAX7000, MAX9000, MAXII, etc.
FPGA: Strix, strixii, StratxIII, Cyclone, CycloneII, CycloneIII, ACEX1K, APEX20K, FLEX10K, etc.
Active serial configuration devices: EPCS1, EPCS4, EPCS16, EPCS64, etc.
Enhanced configuration devices: EPC1, EPC4, etc.
3. Supports three download modes: AS, PS, and JTAG;
4. Support communication with Nios II embedded soft core processor and system debugging, Rev.C latest firmware!;
5. Fast speed: 6 times faster than the common parallel download line byteblastii;
6. Easy to use: MiniUSB interface, easy to connect, 2 status indicator lights make debugging more handy.
7. Must: currently, laptops have almost eliminated parallel ports, so the commonly used ByteblasterMV and ByteblasterII download lines can no longer be used on laptops, so it is convenient for notebook users to choose USB download lines, it is must be.
8. Fully compatible with ALTERA USB Blaster, the usage method, function and performance are consistent with the original download line of ALTERA.


I tried uninstalling the driver from Quartus v13, rebooted the computer, installed the driver from Quartus v22, reboot, the USB Blaster was recognised in the Device Manager but did not appear in Quartus v22 or Quartus v13.
I uninstalled the driver from the Quartus v22, rebooted, installed the one from Quartus v13 and the USB Blaster is recognised again but when clicking « start » from the « Programmer » window it still fails.

Have you followed the procedure as provided by audio-gd? The di20 of course has to be turned on once connected. We have all this right i guess... No issue here with either Windows 8 or 10. And Quartus v12.

Could be your blaster. According to one of the reviews on ali, it does not work with the Atera Cyclone IV.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I'm also wondering if the blaster driver(s) installed correctly.

From the photos it seems this is the same Blaster I have (3 or 4 of them all the same, 2 came with Audio-gd boxes, others I ordered from ebay)

 

[ChJL]

We really don't need one, and Kingwa has not been about gratuitous newdity

Maybe for those of WE who don't want to deal with "tricky"

I am trying to upgrade my DI-20HE to the latest firmware but the operation is tricky.

because there are quite a few of these upgrade challenges reported here...

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Maybe for those of WE who don't want to deal with "tricky"

because there are quite a few of these upgrade challenges reported here...

This is part of the Audio-gd experience. UI is not very good. All the money and engineering goes into sound quality.

 

[lariana]

Have you followed the procedure as provided by audio-gd? The di20 of course has to be turned on once connected. We have all this right i guess... No issue here with either Windows 8 or 10. And Quartus v12.

Could be your blaster. According to one of the reviews on ali, it does not work with the Atera Cyclone IV.

I followed those guides:

- http://www.audio-gd.com/R2R/Quatusinstall.htm
except I don’t know what is the « DACLadder 's "Altera Blaster Checks" document » metionned
- http://www.audio-gd.com/R2R/DI20/DI20EN_update.htm

The driver looks in pretty good shape:

During the whole process the DDC was ON.

What is « Atera Cyclone IV » you mentionned? I didn’t see it anywhere in the guides

 

[FredA]

I followed those guides:

- http://www.audio-gd.com/R2R/Quatusinstall.htm
except I don’t know what is the « DACLadder 's "Altera Blaster Checks" document » metionned
- http://www.audio-gd.com/R2R/DI20/DI20EN_update.htm

The driver looks in pretty good shape:

During the whole process the DDC was ON.

Well then your blaster is possibly not good for the cyclone 4 as a reviewer mentioned.

 

[lariana]

Well then your blaster is possibly not good for the cyclone 4 as a reviewer mentioned.

Ok I try to find one specifically working with that « Atera Cyclone IV ». Although I didn’t see that term mentionned anywhere in the « official guides ». Will keep you posted

 

[FredA]

Ok I try to find one specifically working with that « Atera Cyclone IV ». Although I didn’t see that term mentionned anywhere in the « official guides ». Will keep you posted

Confirm with the seller.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Confirm with the seller.

I think the question is why is Cyclone IV needed? I haven't seen this mentioned before.

 

[FredA]

I think the question is why is Cyclone IV needed? I haven't seen this mentioned before.

It is the dsp used in audio-gd.productd, so the blaster needs to support it.

 

[gimmeheadroom]

It is the dsp used in audio-gd.productd, so the blaster needs to support it.

Thanks, I don't think I ever saw that mentioned before!

 

[ChJL]

yeah looks like he's having a blast with this part of the AGD experience...

 

[gimmeheadroom]

yeah looks like he's having an Altera Blaster with this part of the AGD experience...

Fixed that for you

And yet, many of us have flashed Audio-gd DACs and DI-20s with zero problems.

 

[lariana]

Fixed that for you

And yet, many of us have flashed Audio-gd DACs and DI-20s with zero problems.

I thought it was a pun too haha
About my problem, it is really only now that I want to flash it that I am struggling, and it is only because nowhere a Cyclone IV is ever mentionned on the official documentation. So I bought the first USB Blaster that I found online that looked like the one on the photo in that documentation without wondering that there could be some incompatibility.
But I am glad I found this forum and that I have hints to pursue, without you I would have been stuck there haha. Not that the product is less usuable than when I didn’t care about firmware versions, but I think that since it is a possibility offered it is nice to see if it can have some impact on the sound.