Altera Transceiver Signal Integrity - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 3: Software Installation 3–3
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver
December 2011 Altera Corporation Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit,
Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide
1 Certain DLLs that are required for the demonstration application
(stratixIVGX_si_demo.exe) to function properly are not included with the
kit installation software. These needed DLLs are installed with the Quartus
II Subscription Edition software, versions 9.1, 9.1sp1, or 9.1sp2. Make sure
you successfully display the main Quartus II GUI at least once. If you don’t
want to purchase a license, you can uninstall the Quartus II software; the
demonstration application will continue to function properly.
f If you have difficulty installing the Quartus II software, refer to the Quartus II
Installation & Licensing for Windows and Linux Workstations .
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver
The Stratix IV GX transceiver signal integrity board includes integrated USB-Blaster
circuitry for FPGA programming. However, for the host computer and signal
integrity board to communicate, you must install the USB-Blaster driver on the host
computer.
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 .