23 Feb
2014
23 Feb
'14
8:26 p.m.
http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal
I've been a victim of dud FT232RLs. My first suspicion was when about 1-in-10 were powering up with a serial number of "DUT" rather than the usual 8 character serial number. I was using them in qty of 10-20 and eventually I got to a part in the reel that was full of completely dead ICs. Might not be clone ICs but certainly this discount seller was knocking out factory rejects or similar.