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News Archive
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The FTDI news archive pages keeps track of
some historical news items that have been moved from the home page.
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News - 18th December 2009 |
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FTDI
customer survey now closed
Thanks again to all who participated in our customer survey.
The information we received has been invaluable, congratulations
once again to Peter Zhou
from Shanghai who won the 8GB iPod Nano.
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News - 11th December 2009 |
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FTDI
Utilities News - FT_INF released, FT_PROG updated
FT_INF is a free application allowing users to create custom inf
files that can be used in conjunction with FTDI’s proprietary drivers.
Altering inf files gives users the flexibility to install FTDI devices
that do not use FTDI’s default Vendor ID / Product ID as well as fine
tune some of the more advanced driver settings.
FT_PROG
has now been updated to version 1.3.1
Full details of both FT_INF and FT_PROG can be found on
our Utilities
page.
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News - 27th November 2009 |
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FTDI Survey - iPod Nano Prize draw has ended
Thanks to
everybody so far who has taken the time to complete our
company survey.
The competition to win a free iPod Nano has
now ended, congratulations to the winner Peter Zhou
from Shanghai.
If you haven't already done so, please feel free to fill in our
survey
here to let us know what you think of FTDI and our products.
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News - 11th November 2009 |
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CDM
Uninstaller utility released
CDM Uninstaller is a free application that can selectively remove
Windows device drivers from the user’s system as specified by the device
Vendor ID and Product ID.
Full details can be found on our
Utilities page.
Download CDM Uninstaller (command line version)
Download CDM Uninstaller (GUI executable version)
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New FTDI
Documents available
We have recently added some new
documents to our
Application Notes
and Technical
Notes
areas.
New Application Notes:
AN_120 -
Aliasing VCP Baud Rates
AN_132 -
Re-Assigning COM Port Numbers Using the Windows Registry
AN_133 -
D2XX Access Using PERL Interface PERL 5.0 Programmers Guide
AN_134 -
FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX
New Technical Note:
TN_116 -
USB Data Packet Structure
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News - 4th November 2009 |
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Windows 7 compatible D2XX/VCP drivers available
New versions of our D2XX and VCP
drivers have now been released, which include compatibility for Windows
7. Please visit our
Drivers pages for further
information, or click below for direct download.
D2XX and VCP Driver (ver.2.06.00)
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News - 30th October 2009 |
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We are pleased to announce the release of several new FTDI
documents:
PCB Data
A new PCB Data page has been added to our
Documents area, this contains PCB design information for FTDI ICs.
Click
here to view PCB
Data.
New Application Notes
AN_114 -
Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices To SPI Bus
AN_119 -
FTDI Drivers Installation guide for Windows 7
AN_126 -
User Guide For FT232B/R Factory Test Utility
AN_127 -
User Guide For FT2232H/D Factory Test Utility
AN_128 -
User Guide For FT4232H Factory Test Utility
AN_129 -
Interfacing FT2232H Hi-Speed Devices to a JTAG TAP
AN_130 -
FT2232H Used In An FT245 Style Synchronous FIFO
Mode
AN_131 -
FT2232D/H Fast Opto-Isolated Serial Interface Mode
The factory test utilities detailed in AN_126, AN_127 and AN_128 can
be downloaded from our Utilities page
here.
Example code for AN_114 can be downloaded from our MPSSE Projects
page here.
New Technical Notes
TN_113 -
Simplified Description of USB Device Enumeration
TTN_114 -
USB Device Testing and Marking
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News - 16th September 2009 |
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Product Announcement: USB
powered Hi-Speed 2.0 USB to single/dual-port RS232, RS422 or RS485
modules
Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) announces its
USB-COM-PLUS family of multi-port serial to USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Interface Modules. The
USB-COM-PLUS
modules are a simple method of adapting legacy serial devices with RS232
(EIA-232), RS422 (EIA-422) or RS485 (EIA-485) interfaces to a USB host.
The complete USB protocol and all level shifting is handled by the
modules. Royalty-free drivers are available for all popular operating
system platforms for an easy plug and play installation.
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News - 15th September 2009 |
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Win a brand new fourth generation iPod nano, featuring 8GB (2000 songs /
8 hours of video) with FM radio and video camera and a iTunes Gift Card
worth £15 to download your own music.
Simply complete FTDI's customer survey to participate in our iPod
free prize draw. The survey will be only take about 3 minutes. Please
enter your e-mail details to participate in the prize draw. br>
Many thanks and good luck!
Click
here to complete the survey and for full details.
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FTDI announces a new FT_PROG utility
FT_PROG
provides a user interface to access any EEPROM used with FTDI devices,
replacing the previous utility for this purpose, MPROG.
FT_PROG adds new functionality such as the capability to program
Vinculum VNC1L devices, and a command line interface.
Click
here to download the FT_PROG utility.
Users should refer to the
Readme file and
User Guide for further information.
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News - 28th August 2009 |
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard drivers now available
Our Virtual Com Port drivers for Mac
OS X have been updated to include compatibility for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow
Leopard. Please visit our
VCP Drivers page for
further information, or click
here to download.
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News - 14th August 2009 |
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USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface ICs and evaluation modules are now available
in FTDI’s web shop.
FTDI’s latest USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ICs
FT2232H
(dual USB to multipurpose UART/ FIFO IC) and
FT4232H
(quad USB to multipurpose UART/ MPSSE IC) are now available in our
web shop.
Both Hi-Speed ICs provide a flexible interface configuration by
using Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engines
(MPSSE), to configure
I2C, SPI, JTAG or other clocked serial interfaces. Capable of speeds up
30Mbits/s, the entire USB protocol is handled on the IC.
The FT2232H and FT4232H ICs are supported by the USB 2.0 evaluation
modules
FT2232H and FT4232H Hi-Speed Mini-Modules which enables an easy
migration of Hi-Speed USB to your target design.
Free support and drivers are offered for most industry standard
operating systems such as Windows, Linux and MAC OSX.
Also now in stock is the new
DLP-USB1232H Hi-Speed single channel adapter module.. It is DLP
Design’s premier USB-to-UART/FIFO interface module based on FTDI’s new
FT2232H USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480Mb/s) silicon. The DLP-USB1232H is
available in a lead-free, RoHS-compliant, compact 18-pin, 0.1-inch
spaced standard DIP footprint.
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News - 17th July 2009 |
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FTDI To Exhibit at/span>
ESC Farnborough, UK
FTDI would like to invite you to visit our stand 330
at the
ESC
Farnborough, at the
FIVE International Show Centre
from the
7th
– 8th October 2009.
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New Distribution Agreement – Transfer Multisort Electronik sp. Zoo.
(TME)
FTDI has signed a distribution
agreement with the Polish based catalogue company
Transfer Multisort
Electronik sp. Zoo. FTDI products are now available from
TME throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Contact
details can be found on FTDI’s
Sales Network page.
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FTDI To Exhibit at
ESC Boston, US
FTDI would like to invite you to visit our stand 621
at the
ESC
Boston, at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA
from the
22nd – 24th September 2009.
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News - 4th June 2009 |
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New Distribution Agreement – Glyn and Electrocomp
FTDI are pleased to announce new
distribution agreements with Glyn GmbH & Co.KG and Electrocomp (PTY)
Ltd.
Glyn
have expanded their existing FTDI sales regions to include the following
European countries: (Germany, Austria, Benelux,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway,
Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland).
Electrocomp will join MB Silicon as official distributor of FTDI
products in South Africa. All contact details can be found on FTDI’s
Sales Network page.
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News - 26th May 2009 |
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FTDI to exhibit at
National Electronics Week 2009
FTDI will be exhibiting at
Electronics Weekly live 2009 which is part of the National
Electronics Week, where we will showcase our recently launched range of
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed devices and development modules at
stand G44 from the 16th - 18th June 2009
at
Earls Court 2, London.
FTDI would like to welcome you to USB IN THE FAST
LANE
workshop as part of the design conference, which is running alongside
the National Electronics Week. FTDI will present
USB IN THE FAST LANE on
Tuesday 16th June 2009 at 12.30pm at the
Electronics Weekly Live event.
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FTDI to exhibit at
FTDI to exhibit at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 2009
FTDI will present their recent launched
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed devices and modules at booth 211, at the
Austin Convention Center from the 15th - 17th
June 2009, in
Austin, TX, USA. FTDI sales and engineering staff
present at the stand will be able to assist with any enquiries.
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News - 26th February 2009 |
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FT2232H/ FT4232H USB 2.0 High Speed interface ICs and evaluation modules
FT2232H - Dual USB to multipurpose UART/ FIFO IC (4k buffers).
FT4232H - Quad USB to multipurpose UART/ MPSSE IC (2k buffers).
Flexible interface configurations using Multi-Protocol Synchronous
Serial Engines
(MPSSE), USB to I2C, SPI, JTAG or other clocked serial interfaces.
Speeds up to 30Mbits/s, entire USB protocol on IC integrated LDO
regulator and PLL, extended temperature (-40ºC to +85º).
The
FT2232H Hi-Speed Mini-Module and the
FT4232H Mini-Module use these new ICs. Each module has one Hi-Speed
IC with a USB mini connector and two 26 way (2 rows 0.1” pitch) male
header pins to allow access to all pins of the devices. They are ideal
for development proposes to quickly prove the concept of adding Hi-Speed
USB to a target design.
Free driver support is offered for most industry standard operating
systems such as Windows, Linux and MAC OSX.
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Microsoft WHQL Certified Driver
Released
FTDI are pleased to announce the availability of a
Microsoft WHQL certified driver to
support the new
FT2232H
and
FT4232H hi-speed devices. The driver is
compatible with all current versions of Windows (2000, XP, Server 2003,
Vista, Server 2008), for both 32-bit and 64-bit
operating systems and supports the full range of FTDI ICs (FT2232H,
FT4232H, FT232R, FT245R, FT2232, FT232BM, FT245BM, FT8U232AM,
FT8U245AM).
CDM driver version 2.04.16 is available
as a free download from our
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News - 25th February 2009 |
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FTDI To Exhibit at IIC China
Please feel free to visit our
sales and engineering team our stands at
IIC China. They will be pleased to
introduce you to FTDI's new product portfolio.
- Shenzhen - 26th Feb - 27th Feb 2009
- Beijing - 5th March - 6th March 2009
- Shanghai - 9th March - 10th March 2009
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FTDI To Exhibit at Embedded World 2009
FTDI are pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at
Embedded
World 2009
in Nuremberg, Germany from 3rd - 5th March 2009. FTDI sales and
engineering staff present at the stand (Hall 12 Stand 442) will be able
to assist with any enquiries.
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FTDI To Exhibit at ESC-Silicon Valley
FTDI would like to invite you to visit our
stand 1729 in the Main Hall at the
ESC Silicon Valley, in San Jose, USA
from the 30th March - 4th April 2009.
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News - 1st February 2009 |
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New Vacancies at FTDI UK
FTDI have two new engineering vacancies at their UK office.
To view full job descriptions and apply on-line, visit our
employment page.
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News - 28th January 2009 |
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New Documents Available
Several new documents have been made available in the documents section
of this site, including
data sheets for the FT2232H and FT4232H,
application notes
for using the hi-speed MPSSE DLLs and a
technical
note detailing how to add support for a custom VID and PID
combination to the Mac OS X VCP driver.
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News - 7th January 2009 |
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FTDI Opens New Branch Office in China
FTDI are pleased to announce the opening of a new branch office
in ShangHai, China. The new office will be handling sales and technical
support enquiries. The contact details for FTDI China are:
Future Technology Devices International Limited
(China)
Room 408, 317 Xianxia Road,
ChangNing District,
ShangHai, P.R. China
Tel: +86 (21) 62351596
Fax: +86 (21) 62351595
E-Mail (Sales)
cn.sales@ftdichip.com
E-mail (Support)
cn.support@ftdichip.com
E-Mail (General Enquiries)
cn.admin@ftdichip.com
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