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How reliable is the documentation for the ch340g? I don't have experience with Olimex directly, and for production designs I'm wary of datasheets that are trans
by gsteinb88 11y ago
How reliable is the documentation for the ch340g? I don't have experience with Olimex directly, and for production designs I'm wary of datasheets that are translated this poorly -- while they frequently are just fine, i've run into numerous cases where the translation has either introduced ambiguity or is just plain incomprehensible.
And that's the rub: if i get a legit ftdi chip, I have a high level of trust that it will do what it says, and there's tons of documentation.
- ArbitraryHobo 11y ago> I have a high level of trust that it will do what it says Even after seeing them pull a stunt like this in their drivers?
- tremon 11y agoAnd how will you know that you actually got a legit ftdi chip?
- gsteinb88 11y agoI dont. I'm not defending FTDI's actions w/r/t their driver, just pointing out that ftdi does currently fill the market niche of "reliable, good usb-serial devices", and while I'd love for someone else to provide equivalent chips without the shit ftdi pulls, no one else has.
- baobrien 11y agoCypress and Microchip also have USB-UART chips that cost less than FTDI's parts and are well documented. The CY7C65213 is even a pin-compatible replacement for the FT232R and shows up as a USB CDC device.
- gsteinb88 11y agoNifty, thanks. I've been lucky enough to be able to default to microcontrollers with usb-serial built in recently, but that's lookkng to be short lived...