Altera USB Blaster clone driver for STM32F1xx

[Jim Horn]

Does anyone have the drivers for Windows 10 64 bit use of the STM32F1xx based USB Blaster clones? They are readily available, inexpensive and the STM32 Cortex CPU should have plenty of performance for these to work well. However, the firmware isn't fully Altera compatible so when connected via USB they crash the machine with a blue screen reboot.

I just received mine and for the price, ordering a different one would be worth while but I would like to get this one working instead of waiting 1 to 2 weeks for another. And most vendors don't show which CPU theirs uses so I could end up with another that I can't use.

Any and all pointers will be most appreciated!

For reference, I'm running Quartus 16.0.2 in Windows 10 Enterprise, 64 bit. The clone's PC board has a row of 11 vias for a header which I suspect is used for programming it, if anyone has ideas about that as well.

Best to you all -

 

[Tim Wescott]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:01:44 -0700, Jim Horn wrote:

Does anyone have the drivers for Windows 10 64 bit use of the STM32F1xx
based USB Blaster clones? They are readily available, inexpensive and
the STM32 Cortex CPU should have plenty of performance for these to work
well. However, the firmware isn't fully Altera compatible so when
connected via USB they crash the machine with a blue screen reboot.

I just received mine and for the price, ordering a different one would
be worth while but I would like to get this one working instead of
waiting 1 to 2 weeks for another. And most vendors don't show which CPU
theirs uses so I could end up with another that I can't use.

Any and all pointers will be most appreciated!

For reference, I'm running Quartus 16.0.2 in Windows 10 Enterprise, 64
bit. The clone's PC board has a row of 11 vias for a header which I
suspect is used for programming it, if anyone has ideas about that as
well.

Best to you all -

Not what you want to hear, but you could maybe get things working with a
virtual machine (i.e. VirtualBox) running a 32-bit Windows version.
You'll be able to do everything from the existing machine, just more
clunkily.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

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Hi，I'm doing a same thing with a STM32F072 NUCLUE board .Now PC can operate the USB blaster driver when connected via USB .But it can't be identified in Quartus ii .
May be you did't send the right pid &vid and descriptors to PC,so the machine reboot with a blue screen .
Do you solve the problem ?