I had bought a USB Blaster on AliExpress for 2€.

If it had worked, it would have been great…

I tried it with Quartus 13 and Quartus 22. Nothing worked: it just wouldn’t function.

So I bought a Waveshare Electronics USB Blaster V2, and this time my FPGA was detected immediately and everything worked on the first try with Quartus 22.

I paid around thirty euros for this version, but it actually works perfecty !

The EP4CE6E22 Cyclone IV was detected at the fisrt try....

At the same time, if I’d bought the 10-wire ribbon cable on its own, it would have cost me more than 2€. I don’t have the motivation to open it up and see what’s inside. But it’s definitely better to go for another model…