Raspberry Pi's new Debug Probe

This is nice to see, although I already have a small collection of various USB to serial probes that goes back to actual 25 and 9-pin DIN connectors.(...)

#debugging #rp2040 #raspberrrypi #uart #probe #ftdi #swd #serial

https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2023/02/23/0754

#FakeChip #Microelectronic (2014)
> It seems that in this case #Chinese designers implemented protocol-compatible "fake" #chip, using mask-programmable #microcontroller.
> chips abusing "#FTDI" marking are now silently #bricked by #FTDI drivers by resetting their #ProductID.
> This makes whole situation even more damaging for lots of end users who bought legitimate products built with good faith for the last 2 years and had no chance to know they were based on #fake chip.
https://zeptobars.com/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal

Yesterday I lost a battle against #Stm32 #bluepill and couldn't flash firmware from UART... Maybe my #FTDI module is busted or I don't have the right permissions in :manjaro: (I'm in the group uucp as far as I know) ...I'm still bitter about this

#FTDI VCP Chips With Custom PIDs Not Working On #MacOS Big Sur

https://hackaday.com/2020/12/03/ftdi-vcp-chips-with-custom-pids-not-working-on-macos-11-big-sur/