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Is my chip real?

clem57


 

I think the title says it all. Anybody have similar experiences?

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  • in reply to cstanton

    Christopher,

     

    That was very interesting. I had not heard of this FTDI problem before. I must have been lucky with all the FTDI chips that I had purchased in the past, although we only purchased from certain sites, such as Farnell. However, this wasn't for ethical reasons, it was just because they gave credit and the University paid when invoiced after delivery.

     

    I'm not sure what I think about a company deliberately causing systems to fail because an unlicensed copy is used. I have sympathy for their commercial problems but then again, I just want my stuff to work. Maybe I won't buy FTDI modules anymore.

     

    Dubbie

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  • in reply to dubbie

    I've actively avoided using their chips too.. What they did wasn't fair to the end users of equipment who now have non-working hardware/software and will have no recourse other that just throw it out assuming it is faulty, beyond repair or beyond warranty period. I do not have sympathy for them because other businesses (even if it is rare!) can manage to make considerate decisions even if it means a hit to some profitability. Just yesterday in the news, some nice story about a CEO who put himself on $70k just like the rest of his employees.

    Whirlpool, Hotpoint and some hoover manufacturer (not Hoover) are on my no-buy list too, for fire reasons and for unpleasant company founder reasons.