Umm I think its profoundly hard to know one way or another what chip you have in a widget. This is pretty insane actually. I buy products that I believe are legit no way to know just as if the cpu in my acer or emachines not legal. Heck I have no idea. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Bill Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > Well..if they didn't properly license the technology... They should be > disabled. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:45 PM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Happened to a friend of mine. All his Arduino stuff died. This could > be the reason: > > http://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/ftdi-driver-kills-fake-ftdi-ft232 > > Short story: FTDI released a new version of their USB driver (via > Windows automatic updates no less) that bricks other vendor's compatible > versions of their interface chip. They also updated their license file to > indicate that this may happen... except you never get a chance to decline > the new license with automatic driver updates. I can just hear the class > action lawyers drooling... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
