Flashing using the USB blaster¶

Software¶

If you have Quartus II installed for compilation you can just use the programmer included with that. If not then you just need to download the programmer from:
http://dl.altera.com/?product=qprogrammer#tabs-4
Check only the "Quartus Prime Pro Edition Programmer and Tools" tag. Then download it and install it on your PC.

Process¶

Its possible to update the core using the USB blaster
To do this:
#Connect power to the board
#Connect the jtag
#In quartus go to tools->programmer
#In the programmer select 'add file' and choose the .sof or the .jic file (It may be required to click a box or two to say program, I forget)
#Tell it to start

If you flashed a .sof, then it will start immediately. It will only last until power off.

If you flashed a .jic, then it will require the board powering off/on to load. This will load until you flash the next jic or update via sd card.