<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Matthew Nuzum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.nuzum@canonical.com">matthew.nuzum@canonical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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FTDI makes a very hacker friendly usb part. <a href="http://www.dlpdesign.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dlpdesign.com/</a><br>
has some details, especially the 232R. It has windows, mac and Linux<br>
drivers and in addition to being a usb to serial adapter it also has a<br>
"bit bang" mode that lets you do things like toggle a relay.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>This was my favorite USB chip for prototype designs back when I was doing a lot of embedded consulting. They are indeed pretty easy to work with, both in terms of the hardware and the win/linux drivers.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/">http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/</a><br><br>- Nathan<br>