Programming Guides

The table below lists all the currently available programming guides and user guides.

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Document Title Description Revision Release Date
FT260 User Guide User Guide for FT260 1.1 03-09-2018
LibFT260 User Guide User Guide for LibFT260 1.3 18-04-2022
D3XX Programmer’s Guide Lists functions available in FTD3XX.DLL 1.7 28-03-2018
D2XX Programmer’s Guide Lists functions available in FTD2XX.DLL 1.5 07-09-2023
Java D2XX for Android User Manual Lists functions available in Java D2XX API for Android 1.0 04-01-2011
LibMPSSE-I2C User Guide User Guide for LibMPSSE-I2C.DLL 1.4 27-05-2020
FTCJTAG Programmer’s Guide Lists functions available in FTCJTAG.DLL 1.2 02-09-2009
LibMPSSE-SPI User Guide Lists functions available in LibMPSSE-SPI.DLL 1.2 27-05-2020
FTChipID Programmer’s Guide Lists functions available in FTChipID.DLL 1.1
SafeGuard-IT Programmer’s Guide Lists functions available in SafeGuard-IT Programmer’s Guide 1.0 20-07-2007
Vinculum Firmware User Manual Vinculum (VNC1L) firmware manual 2.05 04-08-2008
Vinculum Firmware Tools User Manual Guide for Vinculum (VNC1L) firmware tools 1.0 26-09-2007
FT31XD Programmers Guide Programming API to support FT311D / FT312D 1.1 21-05-2013
FT4222 Library User Guide User guide for LibFT4222 1.7 11-10-2023

*Please note that FTDI have not produced a programmer’s guide for VCP drivers due to the large amount of documentation available from Microsoft on serial communication.

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