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TC2030-ALT · Cable for Altera USB Blaster

Product information "TC2030-ALT · Cable for Altera USB Blaster"

Short description

Connects a 6-pin Plug-of-Nails™ target (legged) to a 10-pin 2.54 mm (0.1″) IDC socket, for select Altera USB Blaster/ByteBlaster programmers.

Connections

Side Pins Connector Pitch
Board (Tag-Connect) 6 Footprint TC2030, with Legs 1.27 mm (0.05″)
Debugger 10 Socket ByteBlaster / USB-Blaster, 2 × 5 2.54 mm (0.1″)

Full pin assignment: in the "Technical data" tab.

Compatible: programmers with a 10-pin 2.54 mm pin header — among them PEmicro Multilink and Cyclone, and the Intel/Altera USB-Blaster.

Not, or not directly, compatible

  • 10-pin, 2 × 5, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — Cortex connector, e.g. Keil ULINK2: TC2030-CTX
  • 20-pin, 2 × 10, 2.54 mm (0.1″) — ARM connector, e.g. SEGGER J-Link, Keil ULINK, ST-LINK/V2: through the adapter board COLL-ARM20-10-IDC, TC2050-ARM2010
  • 12-pin — Lattice HW-USBN-2B: through the adapter board TC-LATTICE-10
  • 14-pin, 2 × 7, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — STDC14, e.g. ST-LINK V3: TC2030-CTX-STDC14
  • 14-pin, 2 × 7, 2 mm — Xilinx Platform Cable II: through the adapter board TC2050-XILINX
  • 14-pin, 2 × 7, 2.54 mm (0.1″) — Renesas E1 / E2 / E8a / E20: through the adapter board TC-RENESAS
  • 20-pin, 2 × 10, 1.27 mm (0.05″) — Cortex with trace, e.g. Keil ULINK Pro: TC2030-CTX-20
  • 6-pin, 2 × 3, 2.54 mm (0.1″): TC2030-IDC
  • 6-pin, single row, 2.54 mm (0.1″) — Microchip PICkit 3/4/5: TC2030-PKT
  • RJ12 socket (6P6C) — Microchip ICD 3, ICD 4, PICkit 3, PM3: TC2030-MCP

In use with these devices

Intel/Altera Byte Blaster (Altera JTAG) · Intel/Altera USB Blaster (Altera JTAG)

What counts is the connector, not the device name: compare the connector on your device with the table above. If it carries a different one, the route goes through an adapter board.

Variants

TC2030-ALT-NL — same function, no legs.

Bauform: Legged

Datasheet with our advisory note (PDF — manufacturer's drawing with a note from us in front)

Pin assignment

ByteBlaster / USB-Blaster Signal TC2030
1 TCLK 4
2 GND 5
3 TDO 6
4 VREF 1
5 TMS 2
9 TDI 3
10 GND 5

Not connected: 6, 7, 8.

Pin assignment as specified by the manufacturer.

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Accessories

The Tag-Protect cap in grey polymer, fitted over the spring pins of a Tag-Connect cable.
TAG-PROTECT-6 · Protective Cap for TC2030 Cables

Protective cap for the 6-pin TC2030 cable family (Plug-of-Nails™). Protects spring contacts, steel guide pins and — where present — retention tabs during storage and transport.

Regular price: €5.00
  • from 1 pcs €5.00
  • from 20 pcs €4.60
  • from 30 pcs €4.50
The green demo board carrying every Tag-Connect footprint side by side — six, ten and fourteen contacts, each with and without the holes for the legs.
TC-FOOTPRINT-PCB · Demo Board for Tag-Connect Footprints

Demo board carrying every Tag-Connect footprint size, for comparison before laying out your own board — 6-, 10- and 14-pin, each with and without legs, plus the EC-10 Edge-Connect™ footprint.

Regular price: €2.00
  • from 1 pcs €2.00
  • from 20 pcs €1.84
  • from 30 pcs €1.80
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Related products

The TC2030-ALT-NL cable in full length, with the 6-pin Tag-Connect connector with spring pins, no legs at one end and the 10-pin IDC connector on a 2.54 mm pitch at the other.
TC2030-ALT-NL · Cable for Altera USB Blaster

Connects a 6-pin Plug-of-Nails™ target (no legs) to a 10-pin 2.54 mm (0.1″) IDC socket, for select Altera USB Blaster/ByteBlaster programmers.

Regular price: €65.00
  • from 1 pcs €65.00
  • from 20 pcs €59.80
  • from 30 pcs €58.50

Hersteller: Tag-Connect, LLC, 433 Airport Blvd, Suite 323, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA. Tel. +1 877-244-4156 · support@tag-connect.com

Verantwortliche Person in der EU (Art. 19 GPSR, da Hersteller ohne EU-Niederlassung):

Collion GmbH & Co.KG
Am Schmiedlacker 56, D-84028 Landshut
Tel. +49 (871) 2066-1000 · info@collion.de