Installing FTDI drivers?

[DaveC]

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board. 

Išm quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDIšs download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X? 

Thanks,
Dave

 

[DaveC]

For OS X Mavericks (10.9) Apple apparently developed their own drivers for
the FTDI chip which donšt exactly work. So the solution is to disable those
built-in drivers and install the drivers available from FTDIšs web site. 

The procedure is documented here:

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=198539.0

Note that the drivers on the FTDI download page show latest compatibility as
Lion (10.7) but reports are that they are working with Mavericks and
Yosemite. 

FYI

 

[Dennis]

On 03/26/2015 10:51 AM, DaveC wrote:

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.

Išm quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDIšs download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?

Thanks,
Dave

It may be a moot point - the last couple of versions of real Arduino
boards don't use FTDI chips. They use an Atmega chip with a USB interface.
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

On 26/03/15 11:51 PM, DaveC wrote:

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.

Išm quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDIšs download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?

Thanks,
Dave

Have you visited the Arduino site ??
You would be safe enough with stuff from there.

 

[Brian Gregory]

On 26/03/2015 15:51, DaveC wrote:

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.

Išm quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDIšs download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?

Thanks,
Dave

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fake+FTDI+chips&num=100&newwindow=1&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7SlyVdi4PMet7Ab0toCQBA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1466&bih=812#imgrc=tuuKArYj7zFk-M%253A%3BJMB8rTb_e9YURM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi.ytimg.com%252Fvi%252FSPdSKT6KdF8%252Fhqdefault.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fhackaday.com%252F2014%252F10%252F22%252Fwatch-that-windows-update-ftdi-drivers-are-killing-fake-chips%252F%3B480%3B360

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Brian Gregory (in the UK).
To email me please remove all the letter vee from my email address.

 

On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:51:09 AM UTC-7, DaveC wrote:

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board. 

Išm quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDIšs download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X? 

Thanks,
Dave

I did a little digging and found this with regard to using FTDI drivers on fake chips. "The licence only allows use of the Software with, and the Software will only work with Genuine FTDI Components (as defined in the Licence Terms). Use of the Software as a driver for a component that is not a Genuine FTDI Component MAY IRRETRIEVABLY DAMAGE THAT COMPONENT."

oh well live and learn