[Cryptech Tech] How to start using coretest_hashes on the TerasIC C5G Board

[Randy Bush]

> You need to download and install the Altera Quartus II Web Edition
> software [2]. You will probably also install drivers for the Altera
> USB-blaster in order to program the FPGA on the development board. For
> communication with the coretest_hashes in the FPGA we will be using the
> USB-serial device on the development board. The USB-serial chip on the
> board is a FTDI FT232R [3]. If your host OS does not have support for this
> device you will need to install drivers.
> 
> (I will be using Quartus II 13.1 64-bit version running in Win8.1 in a
> VM in Parallels Desktop in OX 10.9.2 during this writeup.)
> 
> Finally, in order to talk to coretest_hashes from the host there is
> application SW. This SW is written in Python and uses the Pyserial[5]
> library. If you don't have it you need to install that too.

i am confused what software is in windoze and what in macosx.  am i
really supposed to do a python install in win7?  if not, some in-line
clues as to which platform gets what would be helpful.

randy