Re: gEDA-user: FT232R

[Steve Morss <smorss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My guess is that there is something different about the 
designs/applications which are experiencing the lockups/malfunctions - 
too many products use the FTDI USB to UART parts successfully.  Among 
many others are the Arduino Decimila and (Digi) XBEE daughter boards.


Peter TB Brett wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 22:57:02 DJ Delorie wrote:
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>>> 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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