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FTDI chips have their driver deployed by default on most Windows, Mac and Linux installs. It's nice being able to buy a USB/serial cable and it just work, witho
by oarsinsync 8y ago
FTDI chips have their driver deployed by default on most Windows, Mac and Linux installs. It's nice being able to buy a USB/serial cable and it just work, without needing to deploy any drivers at all. Check it out!
- swish_bob 8y agoHad to install FTDI drivers on (an admittedly old) Windows laptop 3 weeks ago before I could use it to talk to the Cisco gear I was reconfiguring ...
- InitialLastName 8y agoIIRC the FTDI chips use a non-standard com driver on Win 7. IF you want your device (with your VID and PID) to show up as a serial port, you need to associate your device with the usbserial driver, which at the very least requires a custom .inf.