I want to program the Actel Igloo Nano AGLN010 chip. I was going to buy a FLASHPRO4 for the task, but now I'm wondering if I should buy a Bus Blaster instead and use this software: (viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4500&p=44616). I guess Bus Blaster will be useful for many other things too, and it costs half the price. But I'm concerned that it takes 3 minutes to program an FPGA according to the thread. Isn't that kind of ridiculous? Also I'm worried about the possible frustration with drivers, hardware, firmware, setup, and whatnot. I kind of want it to work out of the box (-ish). Are there any other reasons why Bus Blaster would or wouldn't be well suited for the task?
I want to program the Actel Igloo Nano AGLN010 chip. I was going to buy a FLASHPRO4 for the task, but now I'm wondering if I should buy a Bus Blaster instead and use this software: (viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4500&p=44616). I guess Bus Blaster will be useful for many other things too, and it costs half the price. But I'm concerned that it takes 3 minutes to program an FPGA according to the thread. Isn't that kind of ridiculous? Also I'm worried about the possible frustration with drivers, hardware, firmware, setup, and whatnot. I kind of want it to work out of the box (-ish). Are there any other reasons why Bus Blaster would or wouldn't be well suited for the task?
