Select Locate and install driver software (recommended).

The Found New Hardware dialog box appears.

Plug the USB-Blaster download cable into your PC.You must have system administration (Administrator) privileges to install the USB-Blaster and USB-Blaster II download cable driver.ĭriver Installation for Intel FPGA USB-Blaster You might need to install drivers for each of these interfaces follow the steps below to install the drivers. After it has been configured by the Intel Quartus Prime software, it will appear as Intel FPGA USB-Blaster II (JTAG interface) and then Intel FPGA USB-Blaster II (System Console interface). The Intel FPGA On-Board USB-Blaster II cable appears as Intel FPGA USB-Blaster (unconfigured) when first attached to your system. The USB-Blaster II device drivers require manual installation so that the cable will be properly recognized. (Note: Do not use the Add Hardware Wizard from the Control Panel.) The first time the USB-Blaster download cable is plugged in, the Windows Found New Hardware dialog box prompts you to install the driver. Driver can auto-download via Windows Update (Windows 7, 8, 8.You must install the Intel® FPGA USB-Blaster™ or Intel FPGA USB-Blaster II download cable driver before you can use it to program devices with Intel® Quartus® Prime software. Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 Certified WHQL Driver Compatible with Windows 2000SP4 & Server2003 Installer version & Build date: 1.12.0 () (For PL2303 HXA, XA, HXD, EA, RA, SA, TA, TB versions) This is the Prolific website read on the driver I installed:ĭownload File: PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1.12.0.zip July for the ones from the download page) and so Windows prefers it over them. The problem is probably that the non-working driver is the newest (September 2021 vs. I had only one other entry, a 'ser2pl.inf' version ' 3.8.40.0'.ĭisconnect the device, and 'pnputil /delete-driver oemXY.inf' with the INF file you located in the previous step.Ĭonnect the device again, and it should work, at least, it does for me. Then 'pnputil /enum-drivers', and in the output look for Prolific drivers other than the ones from the previous step. It will add the two driver packages to the driver store and tell you what oemXY.inf files it has assigned to them. What I did is this:įirst install the downloaded driver by unpacking the zip file and 'pnputil /add-driver *.inf /subdirs /install' (the /install is probably not necessary) from the extracted 'Win11_DCHU' directory. Getting it installed is a bit tricky, it seems. There is a working driver at, a bit down the page listed as 'DCHU (for PC Vendors)'.

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