FTDI Chip unveils Engineering Community to encourage worldwide customer engagement
We are continuously striving to
facilitate our engineers with the tools to make design easy, and
with this in mind we are pleased to announce the launch of our
multifaceted online community,
www.ftdicommunity.com.
Created with the intention of strengthening our existing array of technical support
capabilities, this valuable new engineering resource aims to
encourage ongoing interaction between members, which will in turn
provide a valuable knowledge base via which the sharing of ideas
and project information can be facilitated. Through such
activities, it will become possible to expedite system
developments using our broad portfolio of industry-leading USB
related products.
Bridgetek is pleased to announce the launch of two development modules –
the CleO35-WIFI and MM930LITE, designed to work with the
CleO35
and FT93x series respectively. The CleO35-WIFI is
an accessory for theCleO series – the smart TFT display for Arduino, and is designed with an ESP-12S Wi-Fi module from Ai-thinker using core processor ESP8266 which is among the most integrated Wi-Fi chips in the industry.
The MM930Lite is a development module for Bridgetek’s 32-bit high performance FT93x Microcontroller family, which is used to develop and demonstrate the functionality of the FT930 Embedded Microcontroller, and is ideal for applications including home security systems, home automation systems, USB capability products, embedded multimedia application and other industrial control systems.
For more information on the CleO35-WIFI please click
here, and for more on the MM930 please click here.
May 2017
FT602 UVC Class SuperSpeed USB3.1 IC and development modules now available!
We are pleased to announce the
full scale production of our
FT602 USB 3.1 (Gen
1) video class FIFO
IC and two accompanying hardware modules. The
FT602 supports the streaming of video content from high definition camera equipment,
meaning that imaging systems which would have previously only been capable of delivering relatively low resolution material can gain substantially elevated video quality but still run at 60fps frame rates. The
UMFT602A and
UMFT602X
units enable bridging of a FIFO bus to a USB3.0/1 host and are equipped with either HSMC or FMC (LPC) connectors. They provide engineers with a simple and straight forward platform on which to evaluate the functionality of the 32-bit
FT602
devices, which can deliver up to 1920 x 1080 resolution at frame
rates of 60fps, with up to 4 video input channels being made
available.
For more information on the
FT602 IC please
click here,
and
click here for the UMFT602x modules. Finally, please
click
here for the press release.
March 2017
New Products Announced
We have recently announced a number of products from both our
FTDI Chip and Bridgetek brands. Within USB, the new
FT602 USB3.0 IC and
corresponding development modules (UMFT602x) add a UVC class
version to the SuperSpeed family. Additionally we extended our
X-Chip series with two new development modules, the
LC231X and the
LC234X based upon the
FT231X and
FT234X ICs, ideal for
hobbyists and makers looking to interface with larger systems,
and a range of
TTL cables, also designed with the
FT234X.
From Bridgetek, the
FT93x and
MM930
mini module extends the MCU offering, and the
ME812AU-WH50R and
ME813AU-WH50C
have been added to the ME18x series of modules featuring
the enhanced Embedded Video Engine (EVE) graphics controller ICs,
FT81x.
February 2017
EVE Screen Designer 3 (ESD3.x) now available
The
EVE Screen Designer (ESD) 3.x integrated development environment (IDE)
further facilitates EVE-based
human machine interface (HMI) construction. It presents a simple,
highly intuitive package through which a wide range of exciting
visual effects can be created and various items of graphical
content edited, in order that enhanced user experiences are
derived.Building on the previous
generation, it has advanced code generation capabilities (with
exported C-based source code being applicable to any hardware
associated with Bridgetek’s FT90x MCUs), plus
a greater scope of widgets that can be incorporated.
As users rely predominantly on visual programming (though there is
provision to use text for editing purposes), they do not need to
have an in-depth understanding of EVE
display lists.
Please
click here
for a press release on the ESD3.x, or
click here
for full information and to download the ESD 3.0 setup and installation file.
January 2017
Last chance to enter our Annual Customer
Survey
At FTDI Chip we are always striving to find ways we can improve
our service and optimise customer satisfaction, and our survey has
been designed in order for us to collect your thoughts and
opinions to help build our future strategy and company activity.
Your input into the survey would be greatly appreciated, and
should only take around 3 minutes to complete. What's more,
customer details from each completed entry will be entered into a
prize draw and one lucky winner will be awarded with a Samung
Galaxy Tab A 9.7" tablet! To complete the survey please
click here.
Please note, this survey will close
for entries on 31st January 2017.