User guide

Software Installation
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 For Window 2000, choose Settings > Control Panel (Windows Start menu);
for Window XP, choose Control Panel (Window Start Menu).
 Click Switch to Classic View if you are not in the classic view.
 Double-click the Add Hardware icon to start the Add hardware wizard and
click Next to continue.
 Select Yes, I have already connected the hardware and then click Next.
 Select Add a new hardware device from the Installed hardware list. Then
click Next to continue.
 Select Install from a list or specified location (Advanced). Click Next to
continue.
 Select Sound, Video, and game controllers. Click Next to continue.
 Select Have Disk and point to the location of the USB-Blaster driver:
\<Quartus II directory>\drivers\usb-blaster. Click OK.
 Select Altera USB-Blaster. Click Next to install the driver. Click Continue
Anyway if there is any warning message. Click Finish and reboot your PC to
complete the process.
4-3 Potential Problems and Workaround for Using USB Blaster
Problems may occur when you remove the USB cable and plug back in during the
operation of Quartus II. You will find that the Quartus II (programmer) might hang
and is not responding. There are several ways to get back to the normal
operational mode.
 Redo the Hardware Selection step by clicking Hardware Setup button in the
programmer menu.
 Remove the USB Cable and then plug in again. Then you need to redo the
Hardware Selection part for programming.
 Exit Quartus II and restart it again.
 If above workarounds do not solve your problem, try to use the 9V-DC
power adapter because some of the USB ports on PC do not supply enough
voltage/current.
4-4 Install DE2 Lab CD-ROM
DE2 Lab CD-ROM contains everything you need to exercise the major parts of
the DE2 Board by using many interesting labs designed and implemented by
Altera and Terasic. We also implemented the DE2 Control Panel for users to