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+# Altera Cyclone III EP3C10
+# see Cyclone III Device Handbook, Volume 1;
+# Table 14–5. 32-Bit Cyclone III Device IDCODE
+jtag newtap ep3c10 tap -expected-id 0x020f10dd -irlen 10