[Discuss] ftdi chipset and linux

[nuno at aeminium.org (Nuno Sucena Almeida)]

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On 01/17/2013 07:52 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> From a chipset compatibility standpoint, what do people know about
> ftdi and linux?   I know I could always visit the ftdi page, but
> anyone with practical knowledge here would be great.

I've seen ftdi devices being uses for make different projects and never
heard of drivers issues:

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
"All FTDI devices now supported in Ubuntu 11.10, kernel 3.0.0-19
Refer to TN-101 if you need a custom VCP VID/PID in Linux"

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX/Linux/ReadMe-linux.txt
"
FTDI do not release the source code for libftd2xx.  If you prefer to
work with source code and are starting a project from scratch, consider
using the open-source libFTDI.
"

http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/
"
libFTDI is an open source library to talk to FTDI chips: FT232BM,
FT245BM, FT2232C, FT2232D, FT245R and FT232H including the popular
bitbang mode. The library is linked with your program in userspace, no
kernel driver required.

libFTDI works perfectly with Linux, Windows, MacOS X and BSD variants
thanks to libusb.
"

regards,
Nuno

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