roommate: *vague angery noises about a PL2303 USB-RS232 adapter* "this behaves weirdly" me, poking the adapter: "hm. this doesn't even work in loopback" i violently crack the adapter open and instead of a PL2303 find an unmarked ASIC in there. guess that answers it
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Replying to @whitequark
isn't basically every single pl2303 sold these days fake
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Replying to @whitequark @Euyis
100% it's a thing, I've seen more fakes than legit chips tbh
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FTDI serial chips too, and these aren't even just undocumented batches they're full on clones with varying levels of functionality
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The FTDI clones I'm familiar with work *better* than the original chips. In fact their correct EEPROM implementation is how FTDI themselves made their driver brick clones only.https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/695292366639378433?s=19 …
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