[marcan_42]

They are better though: the clones fixed bugs that the original FTDIs had (bugs bad enough to make certain modes completely useless).

https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/695292366639378433?s=19

Don't buy FTDI chips; their malicious driver incident that bricked clones (by exploiting another bug in the EEPROM write support in their own chips!) should be enough to convince every board designer to stay away from them.

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The clone chips are not better, they could've fixed some bugs in the original chip but they may have their own bugs. While there may be some good clones, there's no way to confirm the chip you got is good. Better to avoid FTDI, real or fake, altogether. For the record, I never used or purchased any FTDI chips since that driver incident, the chip I mentioned was not a FTDI chip.

[alyandon]

I needed a USB to serial converter and specifically went out of my way to ensure I did not purchase a FTDI based one exactly because of that malicious driver incident.

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I have used products that are powered by Microchip MCP2200, SiLabs CP2102, Prolific PL2303, or WCH CH341, it's easy to stay away from FTDI ;-)