Altera Stratix III - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 3: Software Installation 3–3
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver
© August 2008 Altera Corporation Stratix III Development Kit User Guide
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver
The Stratix III development board includes integrated USB-Blaster™ circuitry for
FPGA programming. However, for the host computer and development board to
communicate, you must install the USB-Blaster driver on the host computer.
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To download the USB-Blaster driver, go to the Altera support site at
www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/dri-index.html .
To install it, go to www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/usb-blaster/dri-usb-
blaster-xp.html .
Licensing Considerations
Before using the Quartus II software, you must request a license file from the Altera
website at
www.altera.com/licensing and install it on your computer. When you
request a license file, Altera emails you a license.dat file that enables the software.
To license the Quartus II software, you need your network interface card (NIC) ID,
which is a 12-digit hexadecimal number that identifies your computer. Networked (or
floating-node) licensing requires a NIC ID or server host ID. When obtaining a license
file for network licensing, use the NIC ID from the computer that issues the Quartus II
licenses to distributed users over a network. You can find the NIC ID for your card by
typing ipconfig/all at a command prompt. Your NIC ID is the number on the
physical address line, without the dashes.
To obtain a license, perform the following steps.
1. Go to the Altera website at www.altera.com/support/licensing/lic-choose.html .
2. Under Development Kit Licenses Request, click Licenses for RoHS-Compliant
Kits .
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to request your license. You will receive a license
file through email.
1 Before installing your license, close the following software if it is running
on your computer:
■ Quartus II software
■ MAX+PLUS ® II software
■ LeonardoSpectrum ™ synthesis tool
■ Synplify software
■ ModelSim ® simulator
■ Precision RTL Synthesis Software
4. To install your license, refer to the Specifying the License File section in the Quartus II
Installation & Licensing for Windows Manual , which is included with the kit.