Fake USB-RS232 Converters

[Hans Brueggemann]

electronic forums have it that FTDI has released a driver update that renders fake FTDI USB-RS232 components unusable after upgrade (just in case you are wondering why your USB to RS232 cable quits working...):
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/ftd...tdi-ft232/

hans

[Joe Horn]

(10-23-2014 03:52 PM)Hans Brueggemann Wrote:  electronic forums have it that FTDI has released a driver update that renders fake FTDI USB-RS232 components unusable after upgrade (just in case you are wondering why your USB to RS232 cable quits working...):
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/ftd...tdi-ft232/

hans

Uh oh... will that have any impact on the PIL-Box?

[Thomas Radtke]

There's already a fix: Visit the last post on this page.

[Thomas Radtke]

This will be an endless story ...

A driver update from the Scottish electronics firm FTDI that intentionally “bricked” USB devices with counterfeit FTDI chips has been removed from Windows Update by the firm. The move follows an uproar from users who found devices they thought used the company’s chips disabled without warning. However, the company plans on re-releasing the update with code that “will still uphold our stance against devices that are not genuine, but do so in a non-invasive way that means there is no risk of end user’s hardware being directly affected,” the company’s CEO said in a statement.

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