There are tons of great alternatives: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/alternatives-to-ftdi-usb-to-uart-converter/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/alt

There are tons of great alternatives: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/alternatives-to-ftdi-usb-to-uart-converter/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/alternatives-to-ftdi-us... many of those support the USB serial class so they don't even need a driver. My personal favorite is CH340g, used in many new Arduino clones: https://hackaday.com/2014/12/02/finding-a-cheaper-usb-to-serial-chips/ https://hackaday.com/2014/12/02/finding-a-cheaper-usb-to-ser...