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2libftdi version 1.4rcX
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5libftdi - A library (using libusb) to talk to FTDI's UART/FIFO chips
6including the popular bitbang mode.
7
8The following chips are supported:
9* FT230X
10- FT4232H / FT2232H
11- FT232R / FT245R
12- FT2232L / FT2232D / FT2232C
13- FT232BM / FT245BM (and the BL/BQ variants)
14- FT8U232AM / FT8U245AM
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16libftdi requires libusb 1.x.
17
18The AUTHORS file contains a list of all the people
19that made libftdi possible what it is today.
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21Changes
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23* New ftdi_usb_open_bus_port() open function
24* Use BM/R series baud rate computation for FT230X
25* ftdi_get_error_string() now returns const char*
26* small build fixes and improvements in the python examples
27* ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
28 * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_get_strings()
29 * Fix USE_SERIAL handling for 230X type chips
30 * Make ftdi_read_eeprom_location() endianness independent
31 * Fix flashing of FT245R
32
33You'll find the newest version of libftdi at:
34https://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi
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36
37Quick start
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39mkdir build
40cd build
41
42cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ../
43make
44make install
45
46More verbose build instructions are in "README.build"
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