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Welcome
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Welcome to FTDI - specialists in converting
legacy peripherals to Universal Serial Bus (USB). We offer the
easiest route to USB migration by combining USB-Serial (USB-RS232) and
USB-FIFO silicon solutions with our ready-to-go
royalty free USB drivers.
FTDI's "total" solutions offer reduced development and debug costs and a
fast time to market.
Our team of highly qualified and experienced
hardware and software engineers also offer
full
custom IC design services
and a turnkey
product design and manufacturing service
using trusted sub-contract manufacturers in the Asia Pacific
region.
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News - 20th August 2008 |
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New Application Notes
Available
Two new application notes have been made available in the
Documents section.
The first application note illustrates the operation of the FT232R and
FT245R devices with an external oscillator, the second provides
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New Vacancies at FTDI UK
FTDI UK is currently looking to recruit several new members of
staff to support continued growth
Current vacancies include:
- Technical Support Engineer
- Sales
- Marketing
- Senior Digital IC Design Engineer
- Field Applications Engineer
- PCB Engineer
For full job specifications and to
apply, please visit our
employment page.
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FTD2XX .NET Interface
Available
FTDI has produced a
fully managed .NET wrapper DLL for the
FTD2XX library on the Windows platform. The FTD2XX_NET library can
be added as a reference to any .NET project to provide a simple
interface to the classic D2XX functions.
Sample
code in C# is also available, demonstrating data loopback and
EEPROM reading and writing. The FTD2XX_NET DLL has a companion
file, FTD2XX_NET.XML, which contains the documentation for the
interface. This can be viewed either as Intellisense comments as
the code is written or in the Visual Studio Object Browser.
The .NET wrapper and samples are available on the
C#
projects page. Please note that the
CDM driver
must be installed to use this library.
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Vista Sidebar Gadget Available
A
Vista sidebar gadget to display
available FTDI COM ports is available to download from the utilities
page. The COM port list is updated to reflect changes when devices
have been added or removed. To install the gadget, simply double
click the file.
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New Product: USB-Key
Available
The FTDI
USB
Key is security device which has a unique identification
number burnt into it during manufacture. This is the
FTDIChip-ID™
number. This
FTDIChip-ID™ number is only readable
over the USB interface making it an ideal “key” for “unlocking”
particular applications.
The USB-Key is compatible with both the
FTDIChipID DLL
and the
SafeGuard-IT ActiveX control.
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Updated Datasheets
The datasheets for the
FT232R and
FT245R devices have been revised to
include updated information on operation at 3.3V. The new
documents are available from the
datasheets section.
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FTDI Attending ASEE Conference
FTDI will be attending the
ASEE (America Society in Engineering Education)
Annual Conference and Exposition, David L. Lawrence
Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA from June 23rd-25th. FTDI
staff will be available at Stand 439 to answer your questions on the
FTDI product range.
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Windows CE 6.0 VCP Driver Available
FTDI are please to announce the availability of a
VCP driver for
Windows CE 6.0. The driver can be downloaded from the
VCP drivers page.
Please note that the driver for Windows CE 6.0 is different to the
driver for Windows CE 4.2 - 5.2.
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Forthcoming Exhibition Attendance
FTDI are please to announce their presence at the following events in
2008:
FTDI PFOS Statement
FTDI have released a
statement to certify the non-use of
perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS) in all current and future ICs.
The statement confirms that no more than the regulation amount of
1000ppm will be present in FTDI devices. The statement is
available as a
PDF document on the
materials content
documents page.
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