1. Altera Quartus Ii 13 0 Crackberry Update

I am new to VHDL and FPGA. I have written a sample code which does EXOR of a and b and stores it in c. This code is in VHDL behavioral architecture.

I am using Quartus 11.1+SP2-2.11.I assigned pins say a to SW0, b to SW1 and c to LEDG0. Everything is compiling and there are no errors. I go to Tools-Programmer. I have my FPGA in RUN mode. Mode in Programmer is JTAG and hence the Hardware setup is USB-Blaster PORT 0. When I load the.sof file and Click 'Start', the progress says 'failed'.

I do not know why.I tried to search everywhere, but all tutorials or links give the same explanation. I guess there are hardly any who encountered this problem. I want to know if I am missing something. I want to get my fundamentals right! There can be multiple reasons as to why the loading of.sof to FPGA fails. I figured out the following for my device.

Altera Quartus Ii 13 0 Crackberry Update

If any of you are beginners, please follow the same:1) Make sure you have the data sheet of your device with you. I followed a tutorial and entered the device number they mentioned not the one I had.2) Check for pin assignments. This is the most important. I found out the Pins used for various switches and LEDs in a consolidated document online.3) If it still does not work, it is best to contact experts.