Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage - Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, I would like to know how is the RGB LED on Altera USB Blaster III used? What is the meaning of the LED colors! Thanks! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage I’m glad that your question has been addressed, I now transition this thread to community support. This thread will be transitioned to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Thank you, case closed! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi AnttiLukats, Thank you for your patience, and I sincerely apologize for not addressing your question directly in my earlier reply. Regarding your inquiry about the meaning of the RGB LED colors on the on-board USB Blaster III, please find the detailed information below: Off : No power / not connected / suspend mode Blue : Connected, not in use Green : Connected, an application is using JTAG, no traffic Green flickering : Connected, data is moving through the JTAG interface Purple flashing : Identify function has been triggered on this cable If you have further questions or need additional clarification, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I'm here to help and will ensure your concerns are addressed promptly. Thank you again for bringing this up, and I appreciate your understanding. Best regards, Fakhrul Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage well my question was not when is USB Blaster III be available, I wanted and still want to know what is the meaning of the RGB LED colors in on-board USB Blaster III. Can you answer this question please! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi AnttiLukats, Just to share some information I received from the marketing team: The USB Blaster III will have the same functionality as the on-board USB Blaster II but with a simpler design (no MAX or Cypress devices required — it will use FTDI). The USB Blaster III cable will be backward compatible with other Blaster cables (USB Blaster I, USB Blaster II, Ethernet Blaster). However, the USB Blaster III cable is expected to be available in 2026, as we plan to wait until the inventory of USB Blaster I and/or USB Blaster II cables is depleted. Do you have any further questions or concerns regarding this? If there’s anything else, please feel free to let me know so I can assist further. Otherwise, I’ll transition this thread to community support. Should you have new questions, feel free to open a new thread for assistance from Intel experts. The community members will also continue to support you here. Thank you for your engagement! Best regards, Fakhrul Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Yes FX2G3 is coming soon, almost pin compatible, but requires full rewrite of the firmware! So it is not so easy to change to FX2G3. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, Infineon is bringing FX2G3 ARM based processor series to replace FX2 with minimal hardware changes. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hm, well the Cypress FX2 is obsoleted so UB2 is going to EOL.. So I think Altera has no alternative as to seek replacement for UB2. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Well, here is the schematic of the 'UB3' from the Agilex5 devkit. See below. So what makes you think the UB3 will be sold as a standalone device? Maybe it is intended to be used as an embedded design on boards only. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage It is interesting that there is no detailed info from Altera about UB3! The Agilex5 modular devkit already uses UB3 as can be seen from public documentation. So UB3 is coming, soon? Well the modular kit user guide does not explain how to enable UB3 it says connect Intel Download Cable II to 10 pin header Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi thanks for all that testing ! well, same here I did UNINSTALL arrow drivers, but then nothing is recognized so it really is not working on my PC, weird. Well 24.3 should come out soon (it should be out already..) then we probably will know for sure how it is supposed to work. Still I wonder how come it is recognized on your PC. I tried all I could with no results... Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, you have jtag_hw_arrow_usb_blaster.dll installed for 24.2 jtagserver, it's apparently tried first. I don't have it installed for 24.2. I'm presently using 24.2 Pro Standalone Programmer for the tests, same JTAG server and drivers as full installation. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage This is getting really weird. If I use the Arrow blaster strings, then Arrow driver is loaded, also for PID 6011, it happily works with Arrow DLL. If uninstall Arrow drivers then no hardware is detected. It is really a mystery how come it works on your computer. I assume you have also Prime Pro 24.2 ? Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage FT_Prog template appended Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage I'm possible talking too much can you post your String desciption screen from FT_PROG. Here I really have no luck enabling UB3 Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, as stated, I tried with Arrow-USB-Blaster, Port A is set to 245FIFO and D2XXX mode in EEPROM. Default FT4232H setting is UART and VCP. You are talking about official USB-Blaster III and onboard solutions. Where did you get the info? Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Ah, forgot: the official UB3 is based on FT4232H, but the UB3 onboard solutions will support FT2232H and FT4232H variants, just the pin mappings will be different. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage This is now really weird. I tried the same chaning PID 6011 but no luck, UB3 is NOT RECOGNIZED. I tried some more playing around with the string descriptions but no luck, the adapter is not recognized. Bummer! Using Prime Pro 24.2 version. You must be somewhat lucky! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, jtag_hw_usb-blaster3.dll is expecting VID_0403 & PID6011, corresponding to FT4232H. It could connect to an Arrow-USB-Blaster with FT2232H after changing the PID and seems to use a similar JTAG connection scheme. It reads ID of connected FPGA, operation is however extremely slow compared to Arrow_USB_Programmer2 driver, apparently something is missing, may be a different method to set the operation frequency. Other than original Arrow driver, it's not supporting the clock frequency setting in hardware setup as shown below Arrow-USB-Blaster with Arrow Driver Arrow-USB-Blaster faking USB-BlasterIII Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Well as there is string: "USB-BlasterIII" inside this DLL, it is clear that there will be USB Blaster III product. Based on FT2232H! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Thanks, jtag_hw_usb-blaster3.dll uses the same low-level DLLs as usb-blaster, but it's not clear which USB adapter will be recognized by it. Probably it's supporting a future product. Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Latest Quartus Prime Pro installation. There are NO driver files for USB Blaster III, but if you look in: quartus\bin64\ folder then you see file named: jtag_hw_usb-blaster3.dll this is the USB Blaster III support DLL! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage Hi, Installation files of which Quartus version? You have been initially asking about RGB-LED, suggesting that have seen a picture, manual or real hardware of claimed USB Blaster III. Recent Quartus versions have this driver folders Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage If you look at the Quartus installation files you find a file with _blaster3_ in the name. If you look inside that file you see string: "USB-BlasterIII" ! Also found in that file are links to FTDI DLL's. So it seems Quartus will soon support FTDI based USB Blaster III hardware. Pretty exciting! Replies: Re: Altera USB Blaster III LEDs usage There's currently no such thing as a USB Blaster III that I know of. Where are you seeing this product? Or better yet where did you get it?