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  News Archive

The FTDI news archive pages keeps track of some historical news items that have been moved from the home page. 

 

  News - 24th December 2007
Christmas Holidays
FTDI would like to wish all of our customers and sales partners a merry Christmas and a prosperous 2008.
FTDI's UK office will be closed from Monday 24th Decmber 2007, reopening on Thursday 3rd January 2008.
FTDI's US office will be closed on Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th and Monday 31st December 2007 and Tuesday 1st January 2008.
FTDI TW will be closed on Tuesday 1st January 2008.

All e-mails received during this time will be dealt with on the offices reopening.

 

  News - 12th December 2007
New Vacancies at FTDI UK
FTDI UK are currently looking for several engineers.  To view job descriptions for the positions available and apply, please visit our employment page.  No agencies please.

 

  News - 7th December 2007
New Distribution Agreement - Future Electronics
FTDI are pleased to announce a new distribution agreement with Future Electronics.
  Future Electronics are a leading distributor of electronic components and now provide FTDI ICs, evaluation kits and cables throughout the Americas.  Future Electronics are now listed on our Sales Network pages with offices in Canada, USA, Mexico and Brazil.

 

  News - 22nd November 2007
Vinculum Article Published In Toragi - Japan
An article describing a Vinculum based MP3 played has been published in the December edition of Transistor Gijutsu in Japan.  Published in the Hot Device Report section, the article shows how to use the VNC1L device with an MP3 decoder to play MP3 files directly from a USB Flash drive.

 

  News - 14th November 2007
Mac OS X VCP Driver Update for Leopard
A new release of the Mac OS X VCP driver has been made available to address an issue with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.  The new drivers can be downloaded from our VCP drivers page.

 

 

  News - 31st October 2007
Customer Survey
FTDI would like to thank all our newsletter subscribers who contributed to our recent customer survey. Your information and suggestions were most appreciated. We selected five entrants at random using the sequential random number generator from www.random.org , each of whom wins a Beagle USB12 – the $400 ”value for money” USB protocol analyzer for professional and hobbyist use alike.

Congratulations to our five prize winners -
Barry L Lane, Henrik Niklasson from Empiribus, Ole Martin Brynildsen, Hajime Teramoto and Cliff Beale.

To join the FTDI newsletter, receive regular news on product and driver updates and participate in forthcoming events please click here.
 

 

New Vacancy at FTDI UK
FTDI UK are currently looking for a software application development engineer.  To view the job description for the position and apply, please visit our employment page.  No agencies please.

 

 

Vinculum Article Published in AEI
Fred Dart, FTDI's Managing Director, has had a Vinculum article published in the August edition of AEI. The article describes interfacing a PIC 16F688 microcontroller to a USB Flash disk through a Vinculum VNC1L.

 

 

  News - 10th October 2007
FTDI Press Release
A new FTDI press release is now available: ActiveX control enables asymmetric cryptography on FTDI USB ICs.

 

  News - 4th October 2007
FTDI Press Release
A new FTDI press release is now available: FTDI strengthens distribution of USB connectivity semiconductor devices in Korea.

 

  News - 26th September 2007
FTDI Press Release
Two new FTDI press releases are now available:

Parallax selects Vinculum embedded USB host controller for datalogger application

FTDI appoints first Indian distributor

 

 

  News - 11th September 2007
FTDI to Attend ESC Boston
FTDI will be exhibiting at the Embedded Systems Conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA from 19th to 20th September 2007.  FTDI staff will be present at booth 615 together with DLP Design DLP Design are pleased to announce the launch of its new DLP-FPGA module at the show.

 

 

FTDI Press Release
A new FTDI press release has been made available concerning the Microsoft Vista certification of the CDM driver package

 

  News - 30th July 2007
Web Site and E-Mail Issues
FTDI would like to apologise for the web site and e-mail problems experienced between Wednesday 18th July and Monday 30th July.  The company web site and e-mails are now hosted by a different provider and the problems have now been resolved. 

 

However, due to the migration to a new provider and the original servers not functioning many of the e-mails sent to FTDI during this period have become lost.  We would kindly ask that anyone who has sent an e-mail to FTDI during this period who has not had their needs addressed please resend their e-mails to us.  All correspondence will be dealt with as quickly as possible and we thank you for your patience.

 

 

New Sales Partner In India

FTDI are pleased to announce a new sales partnership with Embedded Systems SolutionsEmbedded Systems Solutions have 5 branches throughout India.

 

 

New Vacancy at FTDI UK
FTDI UK are currently looking for an experienced field applications engineer.  To view the job description for the position and apply, please visit our employment page.  No agencies please.

 

 

  News - 14th July 2007
FTDI To Exhibit at ESEC Taiwan
FTDI staff will be attending the Embedded Systems Expo & Conference in Taiwan from the 23th - 24th August.  FTDI will also be presenting a seminar at show called Vinculum - Intelligent USB host bridge chip in Meeting Room 105, 1F on Thursday August 23.

 

 

Vinculum Article Published
John Hyde of USB Design By Example has had a Vinculum article published in July's Circuit Cellar (#204).  The Vinculum allows a Flash Drive to be easily added to any piece of electronics equipment and John's article presents examples, with schematics and reference code, for two classes of applications: data distribution and data collection.
 

 

  News - 3rd July 2007
Vista Certified Driver Now Available

FTDI are pleased to announce the availability of a Microsoft Vista certified driver for FT232, FT245 and FT2232 devices.  The driver supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows Vista x64

  • Windows XP

  • Windows XP x64

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows Server 2003

  • Windows Server 2003 x64

 

  News - 1st June 2007
FTDI at Bay Area Maker Faire

FTDI would like to thank all those who visited our stand at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo Fairgrounds, CA on May 19th and 20th.  A photograph of FTDI staff attending the show is available here where they are pictured with Grant Imahara from the Mythbusters television show who is using one of our devices in an upcoming episode.

 

 

  News - 2nd May 2007
FTDI To Exhibit at ESEC Japan

FTDI staff will be attending the Embedded Systems Expo & Conference in Tokyo, Japan from the 16th - 18th May 2007.  FTDI will be sharing booth East 35-10 with our Japanese distributor, Daito Electron.

 

This will be the first time FTDI has attended an event in Japan and will provide the first opportunity for Japanese customers to interact directly with FTDI staff.  Attendees are invited to talk to staff regarding the full FTDI product range including Vinculum Embedded USB Host Controller, USB - Serial and USB - FIFO ICs.

 

 

  News - 27th April 2007
Article Featuring FT232R Published

An article describing a software defined radio project has been published in the May 2007 edition of Elektor magazine.  The FT232R is used to provide the USB interface which controls the receiver.

 

 

  News - 26th April 2007
DLP-232PC Released

DLP Design have released the new DLP-232PC module.  Measuring in at only 1.375" x 0.6", this new module is DLP's lowest cost and smallest USB to microcontroller module to date. The DLP-232PC uses single byte commands and FTDI's Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers to provide an easy to use USB interface to a PIC 18F2410 microcontroller.  Features include 14 I/O channels (8 can be used for analogue inputs measuring 0-5 Volts), a standard 0.3" wide DIP footprint and pre-programmed firmware for easy access to the I/Os and external digital temperature sensors.

DLP Design has also upgraded the DLP-D security dongle with a plastic enclosure.

 

 

  News - 20th April 2007
New Vacancy at FTDI US Posted 20th April 2007

FTDI US are currently looking for an experienced field applications engineer.  To view the job description for the position and apply, please visit our employment page.  No agencies please.

 

 

  News - 12th April 2007
New Distributor Announcement

FTDI are pleased to announce that Galaxy Far East Corporation (GFEC) has signed a distribution agreement for FTDI's ICs and modules.  GFEC has nine offices around China and Taiwan.  Contact details can be found on our Sales Network page.

 

 

Vinculum Articles Published

Two articles have been published describing applications using the Vinculum VNC1L IC.

 

Don Powrie of DLP Design has had an article published in Nuts & Volts (March 2007 issue) called "Add Audio Playback To Your Next Project" in which he describes using the VMUSIC1 module with a microcontroller and an RFID reader.  This allows him to scan an RFID tag and play an MP3 track from a USB Flash disk with different RFID tags corresponding to different MP3 tracks.

 

Jeff Bahchiochi has an article in Circuit Cellar (March 2007 issue) called "Embedded USB Breakthrough".  In this article, Jeff uses a small board using a VDIP1 and a microcontroller to replace his laptop for a mobile data logging application. 

 

 

  News - 3rd April 2007
VF2F2 Module Available

The VF2F2 is a reference design for the Vinculum VNC1L.  It is designed as a stand alone application which allows for the back up of files from a digital camera onto a USB Flash disk.  The project is also available from FTDI as an evaluation kit.

VF2F2 reference design schematics and PCB Gerber files are available for free download from the Vinculum web site.

The VF2F2 is available now from the FTDI Chip Shop and through the FTDI global sales network.

 

 

  News - 26th March 2007
New Vacancies at FTDI UK and Taiwan Posted 26th March 2007

FTDI UK are currently looking for experienced engineers.  To view job descriptions for the available vacancies and apply, please visit our employment page.  No agencies please.

 

 

  News - 23rd March 2007
FTDI To Exhibit at ESC-Silicon Valley

FTDI will be exhibiting at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley in San Jose, CA from 3rd - 5th April 2007 (booth 931).   John Hyde, a well known and respected author and USB consultant will be holding a seminar (ESC-242) called "How to Use USB without Knowing USB", in which he will add a USB Flash drive to an existing product using FTDI's Vinculum embedded USB host controller IC.  The seminar will be held between 2.00pm and 3.30pm on Tuesday 3rd April in Salon 5 & 6 (Marriott).

 

 

VDIP2 Module Released

A new DIP module base don the VNC1L Vinculum embedded USB host controller IC is now available.  The VDIP2 is supplied on a PCB designed to fit into a 40 pin DIP socket, and provides access to the UART, parallel FIFO, and SPI interface pins on the VNC1L device, via its AD and AC bus pins. All other Vinculum I/O pins are also accessible.  The VDIP2 is available from the FTDI web shop and through the FTDI sales network.

 

 

  News - 22nd March 2007
VDRIVE2 and VMUSIC2 Development Modules Available
FTDI are pleased to announce the availability of two new development modules based on the VNC1L Vinculum embedded USB host controller IC.

Using FTDI's Vinculum firmware, the VDRIVE2 can be used to add USB Flash disk connectivity to virtually any system, allowing files to be written directly to a USB Flash disk.

The VMUSIC2 module provides all the functionality of the VDRIVE2, but uses an extended version of FTDI's VDAP firmware with a VLSI VS1003 IC to allow MP3 file playback directly from a USB Flash disk.
 

 

DLP-IO8-G Available

The DLP-IO8-G is a low-cost, USB-powered module for measuring voltages, controlling and monitoring processes, and acquiring temperature data.  Each of the 8 available channels can be configured for any of the digital, analogue or temperature modes via single-byte commands. 

 

The DLP-IO8-G is available now via the FTDI Chip Shop, DLP Design in the US and the FTDI worldwide sales network.

 

 

  News - 23rd February 2007
FTDI To Exhibit at ESC-China

FTDI will be exhibiting at the Embedded Systems Conference China in Shenzhen from March 5th to March 6th (booth 2E33) and in Shanghai from March 13th to March 14th (booth 4S77).  Guests are also invited to attend our "Vinculum - Embedded USB Host Controllers Made Easy" seminars on Tuesday March 6th in Shenzhen (15:10 - 16:00 in room 316) and Tuesday March 13th in Shanghai (16:10 - 17:00 in room 4C).  FTDI staff will be available to answer your questions on our range of USB-UART, USB-FIFO and embedded USB host controller ICs.

 

 

Coming Soon: New VDRIVE2 and VMUSIC2 Development Modules

To receive advance access to the product specifications for these new Vinculum based modules, customers should register for the FTDI news letter.  Full product specifications will be made available via the news letter in the coming days.

 

 

  News - 20th February 2007
FTDI US Office Address Change

Due to increased business, FTDI's office in Portland, OR is moving to larger premises.  The office will be closed from the afternoon of Thursday 22nd February and will reopen on Monday 26th February at the new address.  Contact details for the new premises are as follows:

 

Future Technology Devices International Limited (USA)
7235 NW Evergreen Parkway
Suite 600
Hillsboro, OR 97124-5803
USA
Tel: +1 (503) 547-0988
Fax: +1 (503) 547-0987
 

 

Embedded World 2007

Our thanks to everyone who visited our stand at Embedded World 2007 in Nürnberg.  A photograph of our staff at the show can be viewed here.

 

 

  News - 12th February 2007
New North America Distributor: Mouser Electronics

FTDI are pleased to announce the availability of ICs and evaluation kits from Mouser Electronics.  For Mouser contact details, please visit our Sales Network page.

 

 

  News - 8th February 2007
Vacancies at FTDI

Our new employment page contains details of current vacancies at FTDI.  Please visit the employment page to learn more about the first vacancies which are available at our UK office.

 

 

  News - 5th February 2007
Embedded World 2007, Nürnberg

FTDI will be exhibiting at Embedded World 2007 (Hall 12, Stand 12-518) in Nürnberg, Germany from 13th-15th February.  FTDI sales and engineering staff will be available to answer your questions on our full range of IC devices and modules.

 

 

 



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