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>Unfortunately, for whatever reason they are running it through an USB-to-serial chip instead of using native USB. The reason is cost : you need to pay a fee[0]
by G4E 5y ago
>Unfortunately, for whatever reason they are running it through an USB-to-serial chip instead of using native USB.
The reason is cost : you need to pay a fee[0] if you want to officially implement USB in your product.
https://www.usb.org/getting-vendor-id https://www.usb.org/getting-vendor-id
- dheera 5y agoWell, to hell with that. Make this stuff outside the US then and let's be a technologically advanced civilization. The US is quickly becoming a wasteland of angry IP lawyers who love to stifle innovation. Pay a fee to use a goddamn plug? It's as ridiculous as if you had to pay a fee to implement 120VAC or 12VDC power.
- vaxman 5y agoIP fees give investors a return on investment that, in turn, encourages more investment in IP and thereby advances the state of the art. If you have a problem with that, take it up with the US Patent Office and nobody else.
- dheera 5y agoEasier to move to a jurisdiction where US Patents don't matter, and build the future there.
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- mmoskal 5y agoYou can’t update the ROM boot loader and it already has usb vendor and product ID assigned. For your own application you can just use random numbers as long as you are not selling this…