🔌 HiLetgo FT232RL FTDI Mini USB to TTL Serial Converter Adapter Module 3.3V 5.5V FT232R Breakout Review Review

This review is for the HiLetgo FT232RL USB to TTL Serial Adapter. It does not include leads displayed in ads. It contains a cloned chip. Drivers written by the manufacturer of the original chip intentionally block all adapters with a cloned chip. I had to email HiLetgo three times to ask for drivers because the drivers could not be downloaded from their website. Then when I connected the adapter to my Windows 7 computer, my computer did not recognize the adapter. In other words, the adapter…

My second very useful when uploading a sketch to an Arduino Pro Mini (or clone)! No cables required, the pins match perfectly on the Pro Mini making programming easier without having to solder the pins on the Pro Mini !FTDI (or Clone) chip Windows will find the driver with no problems. If you are using a Pro Mini AVR I would suggest you get this USB TTL programmer from HiLetgo, it saves a lot of time and you don't have to mess with cables! A NOTICE. You may need to click on the Pro Mini while…

I have bought from HiLetgo in the past and have not been disappointed with their products. However, when I bought their FT232RL FTDI Mini USB to TTL Serial Converter Adapter, I found that it was blocked by Windows 10. I contacted HiLetgo and they did their best to fix the problem. I believe there is a bad batch of counterfeit chips in stock. They were very nice to me and returned my order, I should have read the comments more carefully. When I first had an issue with HiLetgo, their other…

I bought these because they had better customer reviews than previous FTDI boards I've bought from another manufacturer. They arrived in the best possible condition but did not work. They were not recognized by Linux or Windows. I followed the instructions to install the drivers on Windows 10. I have returned them and will write a new review when the replacement arrives. If the replacement boards are also bad I will send them back for a refund instead of a replacement. Some googling suggests…

Seems they had a bad batch of these chips in their distribution center recently and the supplier is aware of the issue. I've ordered a few of these and kept sending them back because they got hot and then my computer shut down the USB port due to too much power consumption. The HiLetGo seller has always been supportive and cooperative, hence 5 stars for customer support! They sent me a replacement and gave me a full refund with no issues. I have used this chip with OSX 10.12.6 and Arduino IDE…

Never got it to work. Tried on two different computers with two different cables. I tried plugging it into the USB 2.0 port directly on the motherboard. Tried a number of things that people suggested when googling the issue (disable USB auto-sleep, load ftdi_sio manually, enable "old scheme first"). In all cases I got stuck: ===== usb 3-2: new USB full speed device number 96 using xhci_hcdusb 3-2: read device descriptor/64, error -71usb 3-2: read device descriptor/64 , Error -71usb usb3-port2…

I've bought this 3 times in the last few years and the only problems I've ever had have been from my own ignorance. I have successfully used them to program ESP32, Arduino and also to provide a UART between my computers and various embedded chips (e.g. PIC32MZ, a kind of Motorola chip in a portable gaming device). Most problems arise when you do not understand how to connect it to the intended device. . Some very simple rules: 1. RX connects to TX and TX connects to RX. RX-RX and TX-TX don't…

This is the same module as a quiet guy with glasses on youtube uses the dronebot workshop. There are warnings that Windows is blocking this device with a newer driver. Download FTDI 2010 or 2013 driver? And after Windows automatically installs the driver when connected, roll back the driver manually by selecting the downloaded one. Before connecting I downloaded the driver. If you right-click an INF file and select Install, it will be merged with the available Windows drivers and you can just…