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Subject: Re: FT245 unique chip ID

From: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:32:30 +0200
Hi Marko,

You wrote on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 02:15:25PM +0200:
> I can read that, but I can also change it using the »ftdi-eeprom« program.
> 
> However, the ft245 datasheet mentions a factory programmed, non-alterable 
> chip ID, which can be used to identify each particular device.
> 
> This is described in the AN232R-02 application note from FTDI.
> 
>  
> 
> I can see some »random« values in the last eight bytes of eeprom, cuold that 
> be it?   I've run   »eeprom –w«   and these last bytes did not change.

may be give ftdi_read_chipid() a try :)

The example program "simple" prints it for R type devices. The 
ftdi_read_chipid() function
does quite some bit shifting to "unscramble" the id.

Cheers,
Thomas

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