FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
FTDI provide both D2XX and VCP drivers in Windows OS. With the D2XX driver, the user is only required to fill in the baud rate in the second parameter when they call FT_SetBaudRate API. With the VCP driver however, the user will be required to modify the ftdiport.inf file for the special baud rate. Application Note 120 – Aliasing VCP Baud Rates describes how to calculate the divisor for a non-standard baud rate.
Please ensure that our SPI EEPROM chip is 93C46B/56B/66B, and that the EEPROM is configured in 16-bit data mode. Pull the ORG pin to VCC to put the EEPROM into 16-bit data mode. Please not however that 94C46 is not supported. This applies to FT232H, FT2232H, FT4232H and FT23xHP, FT223xHP, FT423xHP which all use an external EEPROM for configuration.
The FT232HP offers the same functinality as the FT232H. It can be used for UART, bit bang, I2C/SPI via MPSSE, etc. The FT232HP offers additional power delivery functionality. This allows for control of power direction which can be either supplied from the USB Host or the device. The same applies to all ‘HP’ variants. The original FT232H only had the ability to get power from the USB Host.
FT_Prog sends a Vendor Command over the USB to turn on the programming voltage. This will happen when you click on scan for devices. Now the programming voltage is on, when scan for devices is clicked, the FT4222H IC will be found. Also, SW1 can be used to switch from one IC to another.
The PD versions of the FT232H/FT2232H/FT4232H offer all the same data features whilst having much more flexibility in the power supply. Therefore, if your device requires more than 5V at 500mA to be supplied over USB, or if your device currently has its own power supply of up to 20V at 3A which you want to eliminate, you could consider the PD version.
This can happen if the LibFT4222.dll is not found by the program.
Simply copy the LibFT4222.dll into the same directory as the .exe, or copy the LibFT4222.dll into the C:\Windows\System32 directory.
Now it should run.
You can modify the projects or create your own project. These are only examples which we provide.
Note: This also applies to other projects that use a DLL, not just LibFT4222.dll.
FT4232HA is a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480Mb/s) to multi-purpose UART/MPSSE IC that is automotive qualified for AEC temperature grade 2: -40°C to +105°C.
The FT232HP offers the same functinality as the FT232H. It can be used for UART, bit bang, I2C/SPI via MPSSE, etc. The FT232HP offers additional power delivery functionality. This allows for control of power direction which can be either supplied from the USB Host or the device. The same applies to all ‘HP’ variants. The original FT232H only had the ability to get power from the USB Host.
VNC2 Toolchain now contains USB Peripheral drivers for: FT232 – emulates the operation of the FTDI FT232R, CDC ACM* – CDC AT command set modem, HID* – Human Interface Device (These functions are new in v2.0.2)
On your Linux system, open a terminal window and login as root (or use sudo). Enter the following:modprobe ftdi_sio <ret> / echo VVVV PPPP > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/ftdi_sio/new_id <ret> / …where VVVV is the USB Vendor ID (0403 for FTDI) and PPPP is the custom Product ID. Plug in the FTDI device programmed with the desired PID, and enter: dmesg | grep FTDI <ret> You should see confirmation that the device is recognized and assigned a COM port.This PID assignment will remain until the Linux system is rebooted.
The PD versions of the FT232H/FT2232H/FT4232H offer all the same data features whilst having much more flexibility in the power supply. Therefore, if your device requires more than 5V at 500mA to be supplied over USB, or if your device currently has its own power supply of up to 20V at 3A which you want to eliminate, you could consider the PD version.
FTDI are planning on releasing LQFP packages for FT233HP, FT2233HP and FT4233HP in the future.
When the USB cable is unplugged, any voltage present on the I/O pins will back-feed the FTDI chip through its protection diodes and partially power it. This is an unknown state. Damage will not occur; however, the RESET# input will need driven with a low pulse in order to recover. To avoid this scenario, ensure that the I/O voltages are kept at zero while the USB cable is not connected, or use external buffers that allow signals without power present.
FTDI recommends that the entire chip be powered from voltages derived from the same source. If the USB VBUS is intended to power VCC, then the on-chip generated 3V3OUT or another voltage power converter with USB VBUS as the source should be used. Powering only one “side” of the IC will result in the chip being in an unknown state.
USB signals need to be as short as practical with matched length and routed as a 90-ohm differential pair between the USB connector and the FTDI chip. The USB interfaces on all of our FTDI products are rated up to 2KV range for ESD sensitivity. External ESD protection is recommended. Ensure that the ESD devices are specified for USB use. Some ESD devices have a high capacitance which will adversely affect the USB signal integrity.
FTDI is planning on releasing an evaluation module (UMFT4233HPEV and UMFT233HPEV )in the near future to accompany its latest generation of USB Power Delivery ICs.
The FT232HP offers the same functionality as the FT232H. It can be used for UART, bit bang, I2C/SPI via MPSSE, etc. The FT232HP offers additional power delivery functionality. This allows for control of power direction which can be either supplied from the USB Host or the device. The same applies to all ‘HP’ variants. The original FT232H only had the ability to get power from the USB Host.
The PD versions of the FT232H/FT2232H/FT4232H offer all the same data features whilst having much more flexibility in the power supply. Therefore, if your device requires more than 5V at 500mA to be supplied over USB, or if your device currently has its own power supply of up to 20V at 3A which you want to eliminate, you could consider the PD version.
No, the VCP driver is likely enabled by default on most distributions. Before running a Linux D2XX application, the VCP driver must be unloaded as follows:sudo rmmod ftdi_sio / sudo rmmod usbserial. Do not use the -f (force remove) option.
It’s recommended to specify the data type prior to writing data to a file with WRF. If ASCII (IPA) is selected, then each character is changed to its ASCII value and sent to the file – RED text is sent to the VNC1L or VNC2 monitor: IPA<CR> D:\> OPW TEST.TXT<CR> D:\> WRF 4<CR> TESTD:\> CLF TEST.TXT<CR> D:\>. When HEX (IPH) input values are used, then hex values are sent, usually with the short command set (SCS). Note that the number of bytes specified with WRF (0x08) is a double-word (4-bytes): IPH<CR> D:\> SCS<CR> D:\> 09 20 54 45 53 54 2E 54 53 53 0D 3E 08 20 00 00 00 04 0D 54 45 53 54 3E 0A 20 54 45 53 54 2E 54 53 53 0D 3E. When testing command sequences with a terminal program, select one that can send hex values directly, such as CoolTerm (http://freeware.the-meiers.org/#CoolTerm).
The UMFT4222EV uses an X32F-G18QA-12.000 crystal.
This is a 12.000 MHz from CN-ELectronics X32F series
http://www.cnelectronic.com/PDF/crystal/X32F.pdf
With the parameters:
Package = 3.2 x 2.5
Frequency = 12.000000 MHz
Frequency Tolerance @ 25°C = ±30 ppm
Frequency stability Tolerance over Operating Temperature Range = ±20 ppm
Operating Temperature Range = -40°C to +85°C
Drive Level = 10µW to 100µW
Max Equivalent series Resistance (ESR) < 80 Ohms
Max Shunt Capacitance (C0) < 7pF
Load Capacitance (CL) = 18pF
Most FTDI devices use a PWREN# signal. It will be high (power = off) under the following conditions: -The device is in reset OR -The device is not yet configured by USB enumeration, or the USB enumeration sequence has failed OR -The host PC system is in the USB suspend state
The FT260 does not present a Virtual Com Port on the host PC. The device is a HID class device rather than an FTDI Vendor Class device and therefore does not require the FTDI drivers to be loaded. The LibFT260 library provided by FTDI can be used by an application to control the UART, GPIO and I2C Master functions of the device. The FT260 can also be interfaced using HID requests directly from the application.
Drivers should be installed automatically (by Windows). If you choose to do this manually, if you specify the higher level folder and choose to search sub-directories it should be chosen automatically.
So you shouldn’t need to specify the exact driver files.
The architecture is named after AMD because AMD invented it, with the Athlon 64. Similarly, the 32-bit i386 architecture is named after Intel’s 386 processor, because it was the first of its kind, but i386 will also work on AMD processors.
Even if you have an intel CPU, AMD64 is what you’d use to install 64-bit on your computer (it uses the same instruction sets).
The maximum SPI interface operating clock can be set up to 40MHz in master mode and 20MHz in slave mode. The SPI clock rate is subject to system clock and the SPI clock_div.
Microsoft® instituted a device driver certification process to ensure the drivers are functional with their products. Many FTDI customers are interested in changing the FTDI drivers to reflect their corporate identity. This can be done via editing FTDI’s INF files, however, once an INF file has been edited, its original digital signature is no longer valid and needs to be certified. Please see AN_101: Submitting Modified FTDI Drivers for Windows Hardware Certification for a guide on the certification. Please note that Microsoft may update their process and should be supported by Microsoft.
For the FT2232H and FT4232H, a 93C46, 93C56 or 93C66 is recommended. The FT232H requires the 93C56 or 93C66. All of these serial EEPROMs need to be specified or configured for 16-bit word and 3.3V I/O operation. There are many manufacturers of this type of device, and FTDI does not have a preference.
