[ktkaufman]

Good point about the Cypress acquisition. While I was investigating part of the driver code recently, I realized it was based on FX2 sample code. The development kit that I got, on the other hand, was pre-FX2. The article notes that Cypress acquired Anchor Chips, the original creator of EZ-USB, in 1999, which would seem to line up perfectly with the time frame in which the Pakon scanners were developed.

[userbinator]

Interestingly, the acquisition happened only a few months before the kit you received was packed: https://www.eetimes.com/cypress-buys-anchor-chips-to-bolster...

[ktkaufman]

Oddly, there are files on the CDs that are dated after the date on the packing slip - several months after, in fact. So I'm not quite sure exactly how old my kit is...