Questions tagged [ftdi]
Future Technology Devices International, commonly known by its acronym FTDI, is a semiconductor device company, specializing in Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology and converters from USB to other (UART, I²C, SPI etc.) communication buses.
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Calling an existing C# dll from VB.net
I am trying to control a FT601 USB3 interface chip via a C# wrapper that FTDI provide. Unfortunately, they don't provide an example of using VB.net to do this, but advise that it should be possible. I ...
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Using JTAG to access memory by writing/reading to DR/IR registers with target ARM processor and master FTDI 4ch chip
So generally I want to implement certain memory writing/reading to an ARM processor by using JTAG. Other communication types / hardware are not available.
I control the FTDI chip (MPSSE) from the PC ...
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Python serial receives data packets at a lower rate than they are being sent
I set up a test where two uart-to-usb adapters are connected together. I send 14 byte data packets at a rate around 100 Hz. The receive thread only seems to be able to operate up to around 60 Hz ...
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FTDI Port cannot be displayed under the ports (COM and LPT) of Device Manager
We use FT232 for communication between master and slave computers through USB to RS232 serial port. We used the driver of FTDI, but we customized it our own driver by wrapping it outside of FTDI. Our ...
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Mapping a FTDI RS485 to USB converter mapped to serial inside a docker container
I have a FTDI serial to USB adapter that is connected to a server running Oracle Linux 9.2 and another piece of hardware.
I want to map it from ttyUSB0 in the operating system to ttyS0 in the docker ...
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Receiving 18 bytes of USB device descriptor if bMaxPacketSize is 8 bytes with MAX3421E
I am trying to use the MAX3421E as host to read a FTDI peripheral. I can set the USB address successfully, however, I can only read the first 8 bytes of the device descriptor.
I am sending this as a ...
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Trouble receiving UART data on PySerial and PuTTY
I'm trying to read in UART data with the following python script and the code is blocking at the first ser.read(1).
import serial
import struct
# Open the serial port
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/...
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Does the cross-platform System.IO.Ports.SerialPort library work on Android with FTDI UART chips? (e.g FT232R)?
I am trying to write a cross-platform GUI to control hardware for use on both Windows and Android. I am using an FTDI serial cable. When the cable is plugged in, the SerialPort.GetPortNames() ...
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ftd2xx: Memory corruption when calling FT_GetDeviceInfoList()
I am writing a c++ application in visual studio using the "ftd2xx" library provided by FTDI.
I try to retreive a list of all connected devices. So my application looks like this:
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Castle Serial Link Communication
I am successfully able to write throttle, read Throttle and RPM. However the RPM values I read are random.
clear_command_buffer(ser)
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'Unable to open FTDI Deivce tried: 'Quad RS232-HS' and 'Quad RS232-HS A''
I have used ftdi drivers to connect to our test boards many times, using the same README file that was written by my colleague years ago. I have applied the same procedure for ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20....
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FT245R USBto FIFO only recognized as a Serial Port
When connecting a FT245 USB to FIFO board to my Windows PC, it is immediately recognized as a Serial Port. In the Device Manager it shows up in the "Ports (COM & LPT)" section. I want to ...
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Why can't FT_GetComPortNumber fetch my com port?
I have a Digilent CMOD S7 FPGA I'm trying to communicate with that is equipped with an FT2232HQ for UART communication. I've installed VCP and D2XX drivers from the FTDI site and the device shows up ...
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Problem with scd41 sensor (I2C) and onewire sensor (MPSSE) using pyftdi at the same time
I am struggling with the problem, that I'd like to address several sensors at once via I2C.
I am currently using a FT232 breaker board and the pyftdi library. As an orientation I found a SCD41 library ...
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USB 2.0, D2XX, Latency timer
I have a ft232h (sync FIFO), and a Rasberry Pi connected to it via USB 2.0. I found that there is always a delay equal to the value of the latency timer, even if the requested amount of data is ready ...
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