<div dir="ltr">FTDI pirating has been a problem for a while.  It was bad enough that they wrote a driver update (published through MS) that bricked the knock-offs.  Pissed off a LOT of people and got their driver pulled by MS.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-killing-fake-chips/">https://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-killing-fake-chips/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/">https://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Rob Seastrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rs@seastrom.com" target="_blank">rs@seastrom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
> On Aug 20, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Terry McCarty - WA5NTI <<a href="mailto:3t3@comcast.net">3t3@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Some even have pirated FTDI clone chips and may not work at all, so be aware.<br>
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</span>heh, pirated FTDI clones now?  Several years ago the big problem was pirated PL2303 knock-offs.<br>
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Gotta hand it to the pirates for their taste in upping their game!<br>
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-r<br>
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