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I have been using it for a year for an old 286 PC. I even installed the OLED display. The main problem was finding the correct driver for the PL2303 used to fla

I have been using it for a year for an old 286 PC. I even installed the OLED display. The main problem was finding the correct driver for the PL2303 used to flash Gotek, because Prolific disabled the Chinese clones with an update.

snvzz 6y ago
No such issue on Linux, fortunately. But I'd suggest getting a FT232H or FT2232H breakout board. They're practically free on aliexpress and such, and that's a much better chip The PL2303 chips weren't very good to begin with. When I was first in the market for an usb-ttl dongle, I was told to avoid these like the plague.
- jhallenworld 6y ago
  CP210x is OK too: https://www.adafruit.com/product/954?gclid=Cj0KCQiAh4j-BRCsARIsAGeV12Be-nVwNxnOd44j7BKBlEXh38MMAwgdRAmSuwuiHgdbduW0t_DfWjQaAnNhEALw_wcB https://www.adafruit.com/product/954?gclid=Cj0KCQiAh4j-BRCsA... PL2303 used to be OK in Linux, but in recent versions (Ubuntu 16, 18) I've seen at least two problems with it: driver hangs sometimes when you replug the USB and device node will hang on open() if there is already serial data being received.
  - snvzz 6y ago
    >CP210x is OK too: While it is, it doesn't do SPI/I2C/GPIO/JTAG/etc like the FT232H does. Some CH340 variants have some extra functionality, but the CP210x are pretty bare. Somehow, because of how cheap the breakout boards are these days (in aliexpress, at least), I ended up with one or more of each of the popular chips.
- segfaultbuserr 6y ago
  Use Microchip MCP2200, SiLabs CP2102, or WCH CH341. I stopped using FTDI after the driver scandal.