http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal
The rest of the blog is worth a look, lots of die shots e.g. Soviet Z80 http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/t34vm1-z80-angstrem-mme
Sevan
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.
Windows users, watch those windows updates http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-ki...
On 23/10/2014 00:49, Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
Windows users, watch those windows updates http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-ki...
Anyone at the meeting tonight come and find me and I'll give you an update about the legalities of this.
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