User: uski

No more FTID parts in my designs !

On: FTDI Removes Driver From Windows Update That Bricked Cloned Chips

I am the one who gets to choose which parts go into my company next designs.

I will no longer put any FTDI parts for two reasons :

• I have no way to control the entire supply chain. Even the military got counterfeit components a few years ago - it can happen to everyone even when you buy from "legit" distributors. I don't want my products to be bricked in a few months because someone somewhere in the supply chain swapped the reels, because it's going to hurt MY business in the end even tho I wasn't responsible for the swap.
• Binary compatibility is a right which is protected by laws in many countries. FTDI should try to innovate instead of trying to protect their profits with a chip design which is many years old. I don't see the problem with a chip that works with FTDI's driver. The problem is when people write "FTDI" on chips which are not made by FTDI but there are several chips which are protocol compatible with FTDI chips and they should not be affected.

No more money for you FTDI. Try to innovate instead of trying to brick people's hardware.

uski