Just over a year ago, FTDI, manufacturers of the most popular USB to serial conversion chip on the market, released an update to their drivers that bricked FTDI clones. Copies of FTDI chips abound ...
They made their name with USB converter chips, namely USB to serial chips that are still ... a few clever people noticed FTDI drivers were bricking these counterfeit chips by setting the USB ...
Add or Remove Programs entry for FTDI USB Serial Converter Drivers. This is a driver pack that allows USB ports to be used to connect to Serial bus devices with a USB - Serial adapter cable.