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  Application Notes
The table below lists all of the currently available application notes and indicates which devices the documents are relevant to.   To view an application note, click on the document title.  To save a copy of an application note, right-click on the document title and choose "Save Target As...".

 

All of the application notes are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to be installed before they can be viewed.

 

Please note that application notes are listed as being relevant to families of devices:

  • FT232R implies relevance to FT232RL and FT232RQ devices

  • FT245R implies relevance to FT245RL and FT245RQ devices

  • FT2232 implies relevance to FT2232D, FT2232L and FT2232C devices

  • FT232B implies relevance to FT232BM, FT232BL and FT232BQ devices

  • FT245B implies relevance to FT245BM, FT245BL and FT245BQ devices

  • FT8U232AM implies relevance to the FT8U232AM device

  • FT8U245AM implies relevance to the FT8U245AM device

Number Title Revision Relevant Devices
AN_100 Using the FT232R/FT245R with an External Crystal or Oscillator 1.2 FT232R, FT245R
AN_101 Using Microsoft's WHQL Process for Certifying Customer Modified FTDI Driver Files 3.2 All FT devices
AN_102 Data-Logging Using the Vinculum VNC1L 2.0 VNC1L
AN_103 FTDI Driver Installation Guide for Windows Vista 1.0 All FT devices
AN_104 FTDI Driver Installation Guide for Windows XP 1.0 All FT devices
AN_105 FTDI Device EEPROM Programming Using Vinculum VNC1L 1.0 All FT devices
AN_106 Interfacing to a USB Printer using Vinculum VNC1L Host Controller 1.0 VNC1L
AN_107 Advanced Driver Options 2.52 FT2232H, FT4232H, FT232R, FT245R, FT2232, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN_108 Command Processor For MPSSE and MCU Host Bus Emulation Modes 1.5 FT2232H, FT4232H, FT2232, FT232H
AN_110 Programmers Guide for High Speed FTCJTAG DLL 1.2 FT2232H, FT4232H, FT2232
AN_111 Programmers Guide for High Speed FTCSPI DLL 1.1 FT2232H, FT4232H, FT2232
AN_112 VNC1L Data Transfer Speeds 1.0 VNC1L
AN_113 Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To I2C Bus 1.1 FT2232H
AN_114 Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To SPI Bus 1.0 FT2232H
AN_116 FTDI Device Tape and Reel Dimensions 1.4 FT232BL, FT245BL, FT232BQ, FT245BQ, FT232RL, FT245RL, FT232RQ, FT245RQ, FT2232D, FT2232HL, FT2232HQ, FT4232HL, FT4232HQ, VNC1L, VNC2
AN_118 Migrating Vinculum Designs From VNC1L to VNC2-48L1A 1.3 VNC2-48L1A
AN_119 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for Windows 7 1.0 All FT devices
AN_120 Aliasing VCP Baud Rates 1.0 All FT devices
AN_121 Accessing The EEPROM User Area Of FTDI Devices 1.0 All FT devices
AN_123 How COM Ports Are Allocated On Driver Installation 1.0 All FT devices
AN_124 User Guide For FTDI FT_Prog Utility 1.4 FT232R, FT245R, FT2232D, FT2232C, FT2232L, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM, FT2232H, FT4232H, VNC1L
AN_126 User Guide For FT232B/R Factory Test Utility 1.0 FT232B, FT232R
AN_127 User Guide For FT2232H/D Factory Test Utility 1.0 FT2232H, FT2232D
AN_128 User Guide For FT4232H Factory Test Utility 1.0 FT4232H
AN_129 Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices to a JTAG TAP 1.1 FT2232H, FT232H
AN_130 FT2232H Used In An FT245 Style Synchronous FIFO Mode 1.2 FT2232H
AN_131 FT2232D/H Fast Opto-Isolated Serial Interface Mode 1.0 FT2232D, FT2232H
AN_132 Re-Assigning COM Port Numbers Using the Windows Registry 1.0 All FT devices
AN_133 D2XX Access Using PERL Interface PERL 5.0 Programmers Guide 1.0 All FT devices
AN_134 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX 1.0 All FT devices
AN_135 MPSSE Basics 1.1 FT2232D, FT2232H, FT4232H
AN_136 Hi-Speed Mini Module EEPROM Disaster Recovery 1.0 FT2232H, FT4232H
AN_137 Vinculum-II IO Cell Description 1.0 VNC2
AN_138 Vinculum-II Debug Interface Description 2.0 VNC2
AN_139 Vinculum-II IO Mux Explained 1.0 VNC2
AN_140 Vinculum-II PWM Example 1.1 VNC2
AN_141 MorphLd and MorphIO-II Utilities for Morph-IC-II 1.0 Morph-IC-II
AN_142 Vinculum-II Tool Chain Getting Started Guide 1.2.0 VNC2
AN_143 Auto Sensing And Isolation Design For RS232/RS422/RS485 Interfaces 1.0 VNC2, FT2232H, FT4232H, VNC1L, FT232R, FT245R, FT2232D, FT2232C, FT2232L, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN_144 VINCULUM-II IO_Mux Configuration Utility User Guide 1.0 VNC2
AN_145 Vinculum-II Toolchain Installation Guide 1.0 VNC2
AN_146 USB Hardware Design Guidelines for FTDI ICs 1.0 VNC2, FT2232H, FT4232H, VNC1L, FT232R, FT245R, FT2232D, FT2232C, FT2232L, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN_147 Vinculum-II Using Bulk Only Mass Storage (BOMS) Class Devices Example 1.0 VNC2
AN_148 Vinculum-II Using USB Still Image Capture Devices 1.0 VNC2
AN_149 Upgrading a passive DB9 RS232 Interface to an active USB Interface using an FTDI DB9-USB-RS232 Module 1.1 DB9-USB-RS232
AN_150 A Comparison between MORPHIC-1K and Morph-IC-II FPGA Development Modules 1.2.0 Morph-IC-II
AN_151 Vinculum II User Guide 2.0.0 VNC2
AN_152 Detecting USB Device Insertion and Removal 1.1 All FT devices
AN_153 Vinco LCD Interface Example 2.0 Vinco
AN_154 Vinculum-II Webcam Application for Windows 1.0 VNC2
AN_155 Vinculum-II SD Card Example 1.2 VNC2
AN_156 Vinculum II ProgLoader and BootLoader Explained 1.0 VNC2
AN_157 Vinculum II Memory Management 1.2 VNC2
AN_158 Vinculum-II Webcam Application Using OLED Display 1.0 VNC2
AN_159 Vinculum-II Firmware Flash Programming 2.0 VNC2
AN_160 ComPort_Assignment Utility User Guide 1.0 All devices
AN_161 Vinco Graphics Display Example 2.0 Vinco, VNC2
AN_162 Vinco Volt Meter Example 2.0 Vinco, VNC2
AN_163 Vinculum-II USB Slave Detecting Disconnect 1.0 VNC2
AN_164 Vinculum-II USB Slave Writing a Function Driver 1.0 VNC2
AN_165 Establishing Synchronous 245 FIFO Communications using a Morph-IC-II 1.0

Morph-IC-II, FT2232H and FT232H

AN_167 FT1248 Dynamic Parallel/Serial Interface Basics 1.0 FT232H
AN_168 Vinculum-II USB Slave Customizing an FT232 Device 1.0 VNC2
AN_169 Vinculum-II RTOS Using the Kernel Diagnostic Service 1.0 VNC2
AN_170 Using the FTDI Vinco_Libraries 2.1 Vinco, VNC2
AN_171 Vinculum-II USB Host Using the CDC Driver 1.0 VNC2
AN_172 Vinculum-II Using the USB Slave Driver 1.0 VNC2
AN_173 Establishing FT1248 Communications using a Morph-IC-II 1.0 Morph-IC-II, FT2232H and FT232H
AN_174 Determining USB Peripheral Device Class 1.0 VNC1L, VNC2
AN_175 Battery Charger Detection over USB with FT-X Devices 1.0 FT-X
AN_176 Vinculum Comparison of VDAP versus V2DAP 1.0 VNC1L, VNC2
AN_177 User Guide For LibMPSSE-I2C 1.4 FT2232D, FT2232H, FT4232H, FT232H
AN_178 User Guide For LibMPSSE-SPI 1.1 FT2232D, FT2232H, FT4232H, FT232H
AN_179 Wireless Data Transfers Using Vinculum-II 1.0 VNC2
AN_180 FT232H MPSSE Example - USB Current Meter using the SPI Interface 1.0 FT232H
AN_181 Accessing Android Open Accessory Mode with Vinculum-II 1.0 VNC2
AN_182 Vinculum-II UART to FT232Host Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_183 Vinculum-II UART to CDCModem Host Bridge
1.0 VNC2
AN_184 FTDI Device Input Output pin States 1.0 FT232R, FT245R, FT232H, FT2232H, FT4232H & FT2232D
AN_185 Vinculum-II UART to HID Class Host Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_186 VNC2 SPI to USB Memory Bridge 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_187 Vinculum-II UART to USB Memory Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_188 C232HM MPSSE Cable in USB to SPI Interface 1.0 FT232H
AN_189 Vinculum-II Using the LFAT Driver 1.0 VNC2
AN_190 C232HM MPSSE Cable in USB to I2C/SMBUS interface 1.0 FT232H
AN_192 Vinculum-II SPI Master to FT232Device Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_193 VNC2 SPI Master to USB HID Class Host Bridge 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_194 Vinculum-II UART to USB HID Class Device Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_195 Vinculum-II UART to SPI Master Bridge 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_196 Accessing Android Open Accessory Mode with Vinco Development Platform 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_197 FT232 Emulation with a Vinculum-II 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_199 Vinculum-II SPI Slave to USB HID Class Device Bridge 1.0 VNC2
AN_200 Vinculum-II Scrolling Text Application Using LED dot matrix display 1.0 Vinculum-II
AN_202 VNC2 Android Robotic ARM Demo Guide 1.0 VNC2
AN_203 Loading VNC2 ROM files Using V2PROG Utility 1.1 VNC2
AN_206 FT1248 1-BIT SPI 1.0  
AN232R-01 Bit Bang Modes for the FT232R and FT245R 2.02 FT232R, FT245R
AN232R-02

FTDIChip-ID™ for the FT232R and FT245R

1.0 FT232R, FT245R
AN232R-03 FTDI Windows Driver Pre-Installation 1.0 All FT devices
AN232R-04 Windows Combined Driver Model 1.0 All FT devices
AN2232-02 Bit Mode Functions for the FT2232 2.1 FT2232
DG232 FT232BM Designers Guide 2.0 FT232B
DG245 FT245BM Designers Guide 2.0 FT245B
AN232B-01 FT232BM/FT245BM Bit-Bang Mode 1.0 FT2232, FT232B, FT245B
AN232B-02 FT232BM/FT245BM Power Control and Pin States 2.0 FT232B, FT245B
AN232B-03 Optimising D2XX Data Throughput 1.1 All FT devices
AN232B-04 Data Throughput, Latency & Handshaking 1.1 All FT devices
AN232B-05 Configuring FT232R, FT2232 and FT232BM Baud Rates 1.1 FT232R, FT2232, FT232B
AN232B-06 Debugging FT232BM and FT245BM Based Designs 1.1 FT232B, FT245B
AN232B-07 Configuring FTDI's VCP Drivers to use Location IDs 1.2 All FT devices
AN232B-08 Enumeration Options for Windows 98 1.0 FT232R, FT245R, FT2232, FT232B, FT245B, FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN232B-09 Using the Modem Emulation Mode in FTDI's VCP Driver 2.0 All FT devices
AN232-01 Setting Baud Rates for the FT8U232AM 0.9 FT8U232AM
AN232-02 Debug Information for FT8U232/245 Devices 1.0 FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN232-04 FT8U232/FT8U245 Devices Latency and Data Throughput 1.0 FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN232-06 Using Event Characters with FT8U2XXAM 0.9 FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN232-08 Bus Powered/Self Powered Interface Circuits 1.0 FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
AN232-10 High-Current Bus-Powered Devices 1.0 FT8U232AM, FT8U245AM
ANVNCL-01 ANVNC1L-01 Vinculum VNC1L Bootloader 1.2 VNC1L
AN_VMusic VMusic SPI Application Note 1.01 VMusic2
- V-Eval USB Missile Launcher Application Note 1.0 V-Eval
 

 



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