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    Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 22 Oct 2014

    Today @FTDIChip ensures it is protecting innovation, by causing entire hardware community to ask how we can make devices without FTDI.

    3:14 PM - 22 Oct 2014
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    • laen Liam O 🦆 Matteo Panella Fiora Aeternal Suffering 🎃 whitequark Adam Conway Chris Gammell Travis Goodspeed Réseau Libre
    13 replies 189 retweets 110 likes
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      2.  Ⓜɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ᴛᴏᴇᴄᴋᴇʀ‏ @mtoecker 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @travisgoodspeed @FTDIChip Fuck them. We use these kinds of chips in industrial systems. They should pray no accidents.

        1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
      3. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @mtoecker

        MT @mtoecker "We use these kinds of chips in industrial systems. They should pray no accidents."

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      4. Greg Albrecht‏ @ampledata 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @mtoecker @jetdillo Let us also pray that those systems are built with quality sourcing for all of their genuine components.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5.  Ⓜɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ᴛᴏᴇᴄᴋᴇʀ‏ @mtoecker 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @ampledata

        @ampledata @starsandrobots @jetdillo Haven't gotten any reports yet, but ICS isn't known for on-time patching.

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      1. Stefan Stenzel‏ @5tenzel 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @logicalelegance @FTDIChip FTDI driver changes the Vendor ID of counterfeit chips. They have every right to do so.

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      1. Greg Courville‏ @enginuitor 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots If it means a decrease in projects that bolt a $5 USB<->serial converter onto a $1 micro, sounds great to me.

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      1. Magiant‏ @magiantsrl 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots USB Hid protocol is a good alternative to FTDI ICs

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      1. Knight Coverjunkie  🐲‏ @Qeruiem 24 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots May I suggest http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/index.aspx  ? As far as I know they haven't killed peoples HW. Yet at least... @FTDIChip

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      1. Jet Dillo‏ @jetdillo 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @hackerfriendly what's the IP behind USB anyways? This seems like it should be a simple-ish OSHW project

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      1. Dave Rowntree‏ @rowntree_dave 23 Oct 2014
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        @starsandrobots @mikelectricstuf so forget them and use SiLabs CP210x to instead...no external eeprom needed.

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      1. world, hello (threaded)‏ @michael_at_work 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @FTDIChip The greatest leaps in technological innovation occur when we must overcome the technological hurdles we created.

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      1. Kate‏ @Redback 23 Oct 2014
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        @starsandrobots what did they do?

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      2. JohnnySoftware‏ @JohnnySoftware 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @SarahMPottratz @FTDIChip imitation. Apparently, there were lots of imitators. By accident or intent, down THEY went.

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      3.  👻 Queen of Macabre  👻‏ @SarahMPottratz 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @JohnnySoftware

        @JohnnySoftware I hadn't considered the option that bricking could be accidental. Be interesting to see what comes out.

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      4. JohnnySoftware‏ @JohnnySoftware 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SarahMPottratz

        @SarahMPottratz I've seen pretty terrible things done accidentally, obstinately. It's not always by someone diligently destructive.Le sigh.

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      2. JohnnySoftware‏ @JohnnySoftware 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @SarahMPottratz @FTDIChip What maybe triggered the trouncing of the tech was excess amount of the severest form of flattery—

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      3.  👻 Queen of Macabre  👻‏ @SarahMPottratz 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @JohnnySoftware

        @JohnnySoftware @starsandrobots @FTDIChip this thread is better than cable tv.

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      1. William D. Jones‏ @cr1901 22 Oct 2014
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        @starsandrobots @FTDIChip, did you think MAYBE the driver you provided was an overkill/trust-damaging solution to a real problem?

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      1. Raphaël Jacquot‏ @sxpert1 22 Oct 2014
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        @starsandrobots @travisgoodspeed replace with pic with usb, serial and open source firmware ;-) @FTDIChip

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