FTDI chip real of fake ? How to spot a fake RT232R / RT232RL and others ?
Here is a 5 minute test: 1) purchase your boards in pairs this helps detect same serial number in case of fakes. Any board you buy under $5 is probably …
UNI-T UT61E Multimiter Serial Protocol Reverse Engineering
UT61E is a fantastic multimiter for the price that unfortunately comes with a terrible PC interface program: I decided to poke arround and see if I can reverse engineer the …
USB firmware debugging with USBTrace, PicKit & MPLAB IDE
Ah, the joy of firmware debugging! I’ve been working on a USB firmware for my new upcoming product that involves a dual traditional TTL (Serial) and a USB-TO-SERIAL converter (CDC …
Updating Firmware on USBThumb
This article describes how to update firmware on USBThumb.
Using USBThumb as a Propeller Programmer and as a USB to Serial Converter
This article describes how you can use USBThumb as a Propeller Programmer or USB to Serial converter.