On Wednesday 08 April 2009 22:57:02 DJ Delorie wrote:
> > The FTDI USB UARTs have noise immunity issues. They tend to lock up
> > after running for an hour or so. And worst of all they only reset
> > themselves when the USB cable has been physically removed. It's a
> > well known problem. I would avoid this chip for new designs.
>
> Is this an urban legend, or do we have proof? I've never had any
> problems with the FTDI parts, and I've run them for days on end.
>
> > Suggest looking at something from SiLabs.
>
> FTDI has better Linux support.
>
I've been *badly* stung by silicon bugs in FTDI devices before (4-figures
badly).
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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