Technical Notes

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Number Title Revision Relevant Devices Release Date
TN_100 USB Vendor ID/Product ID Guidelines 1.2 12-2012
TN_101 Implementing Custom FTDI VID and PID Codes using Linux 1.0 30-10-2008
TN_102 OEM Technical Support Requirements for FTDI Products 1.1 23-10-2009
TN_103 FTDI USB Data Transfer Efficiency 1.0 27-10-2008
TN_104 Guide to Debugging Customer's Failed Driver Installation 1.0.1 22-05-2009
TN_105 Adding Support for New FTDI Devices to Mac Driver 1.1 23-09-2009
TN_106 Adding a Custom VID and PID in Linux 1.1 26-11-2008
TN_107 FTDI Chipset Feature Comparison 1.0 09-12-2008
TN_108 VINCULUM Chipset Feature Comparison 1.1 26-02-2010
TN_109 Instructions On Including The FTD2xx DLL In A VS2008 Project 1.0 09-06-2009
TN_110 What is USB? 1.0 07-08-2009
TN_111 What is UART? 1.0 07-08-2009
TN_113 Simplified Description of USB Device Enumeration 1.0 28-10-2009
TN_114 USB Device Testing and Marking 1.0 28-10-2009
TN_116 USB Data Packet Structure 1.0 11-11-2009
TN_118 Vinculum-II Errata Technical Note 1.0 23-02-2010
TN_120 FT232R Errata Technical Note 1.0 05-11-2010
TN_121 FT245R Errata Technical Note 1.0 05-11-2010
TN_122 FT232B Errata Technical Note 1.0 19-11-2010
TN_123 FT245B Errata Technical Note 1.0 19-11-2010
TN_124 FT2232D Errata Technical Note 1.0 22-11-2010
TN_125 FT2232H Errata Technical Note 1.0 05-11-2010
TN_126 FT4232H Errata Technical Note 1.0 05-11-2010
TN_128 Preparing an FTDI-based Peripheral for USB-IF Certification 1.0 17-01-2011
TN_129 Driver Release Signing 1.0 31-01-2011
TN_130 FT232H Errata Technical Note 1.2 15-03-2013
TN_132 Adding FTDI Devices VCP Driver Support to Android 1.1 25-08-2011
TN_133 Vinculum II Toolchain Release Notes 2.0.0-SP1 07-06-2012
TN_134 FTDI Android D2XX Driver 1.5 25-09-2024
TN_135 FT200XD Errata Technical Note 1.5 24-07-2014
TN_136 FT201X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_137 FT220X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_138 FT221X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_139 FT230X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_140 FT231X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_141 FT240X Errata Technical Note 1.4 10-06-2013
TN_142 FT120 Errata Technical Note 2.0 28-06-2013
TN_145 FT311D Errata Technical Note 1.2 07-04-2016
TN_146 Creating Android Images for App Development 1.1 28-01-2013
TN_147 Java D2XX for Android Demo 1.2 16-09-2013
TN_149 Create a Custom Driver Executable 1.0 08-03-2013
TN_152 USB 3.0 Compatibility Issues Explained 1.0 01-07-2014
TN_153 Instructions on Including the D2XX Driver in a Visual Studio Express 2013 Project 1.1 06-06-2018
TN_156 What is CAN? 1.0 23-03-2015
TN_157 Ethernet Explained 1.0 23-03-2015
TN_161 FT4222H Errata Technical Note 1.7 21-11-2024
TN_162 Bus Powered with Power Switching Configuration 1.0 FT51A / FT90x 09-06-2017
TN_165 Windows CDM Driver Errata Technical Note 1.0 FT-X, FT232R FT245R 11-04-2016
TN_166 FTDI Example IC Footprints 1.5 All 08-08-2022
TN_167 FTDI FIFO Basics 1.0 FT232H, FT2232H, FT245, FT240X 05-10-2016
TN_168 FT600/FT601 Errata Technical Note 1.1 FT60x 08-05-2017
TN_171 Java_D3xx_for_Android_APIs 0.03 17-03-2017
TN_172 FT602 Errata Technical Note 1.0 FT602 12-12-2017
TN_173 UMFT4222PROG-IC Errata Technical Note 1.0 FT4222H 27-06-2017
TN_176 TN_176 LC231X Errata Technical Note 1.0 FT231X 17-08-2018
TN_177 TN_177_USB_Process_Explorer 1.0 All 21-10-2022
TN_180 FT4233HP/FT2233HP/FT233HP Technical Note 1.0 FT4233HP / FT2233HP / FT233HP 04-05-2021
TN_181 Type-C USB Connectors with FTDI Products 1.0 All 07-12-2021
TN_183 FT232RN / FT245RN Errata Technical Note 1.0 FT232RN / FT245RN 26-08-2022
TN_185 What is USB Power Delivery? 1.0 FT423xHP, FT223xHP, FT23xHP 21-11-2023
TN_186 CSharp Examples Using Microsoft Visual Studio 1.0 All 21-11-2023
TN_187 Python Support for FTDI Products 1.0 All 27-11-2023
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