>what IS the difference between FTDI and Prolific. They are two different manufacturers of USB to Serial hardware ICs (chips).
http://www.ftdichip.com/ http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/company.asp Besides the hardware, each manufacturer supplies royalty free software (device drivers) as part of the solution for PC operating systems such as Mac, Windows and Linux. At work I have long used FTDI chips in products we design. A customized version of the signed driver package supplied by FTDI for 32 and 64 bit Windows is incorporated into our own software distribution. Prolific is generally ok but lately they have been warning about counterfeit parts and USB to Serial Cables: http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?id=31 Bob NW8L ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
