0- SWITCH OFF 24V on FEB/FEB2 1- Connect the USB Blaster small 10-pins connector in FPGA-PROG (J5) connector on FEB/FEB2 TAKE CARE TO ORIENTATION : DOT on connector = RED wire on cable, i.e. RED cable side on USB side 2- OPEN QUARTUS II PROGRAMMER 3- BUTTON 'Hardware SETUP...' : select 'USB-BLASTER' in list 4- SELECT Mode : 'ACTIVE SERIAL PROGRAMMING' 5- BUTTON 'Add File...' : select the .pof file in the FPGA version directory 6- CHECK boxes : 'Program/Configure' + 'Verify' + 'BlankCheck' 7- SWITCH ON 24V on FEB 8- BUTTON 'START' You don't have to close/open the programmer between programming session : just - SWITCH OFF FEB/FEB2 - DISCONNECT/RECONNECT CABLE (check orientation) - SWITCH ON FEB/FEB2 - START Button