WP34s Programming Cable

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(02-22-2014 04:10 PM)dewster Wrote:  I'm kind of surprised FTDI did this, I can't see how linking their product to something broken will boost profits. And there's enough broken stuff in the world without people running around intentionally breaking even more stuff.

Agreed.

Prolific's driver usually just fails to recognize the fake chip. Maybe a slightly better approach.

I think the best approach for the manufacturer's driver would be to put up a warning message when the fake chip is first plugged and every time the port is opened, to the effect, "Warning: Counterfeit {whatever it is} detected. Use it anyway? <OK> <CANCEL>" and if the user selects <OK> the driver should simply go about business as usual.

The Linux driver usually just works. I wonder if the two cheap boards I just received from China are fake... Linux works just fine with them.