/members-area/personalblogs/b/clem-martins-s-blog/posts/is-my-chip-realwww.youtube.com/watch I think the title says it all. Anybody have similar experiences?en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/clem-martins-s-blog/posts/is-my-chip-realThu, 27 Feb 2020 17:15:40 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8664e860-2fc9-4b9d-849b-5f9f69716458cstanton2<p>Yeah, with FTDI - we had a number of students in the University I worked at buy FTDI serial cables and wonder why their hardware no longer worked, or that they couldn&#39;t programme the microcontrollers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/</a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8754&AppID=318&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/clem-martins-s-blog/posts/is-my-chip-realMon, 24 Feb 2020 12:58:12 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8664e860-2fc9-4b9d-849b-5f9f69716458dubbie1<p>If it looks too cheap to be true then it probably isn&#39;t true. But then again, I do not mind having a cheaper chip even if it is &#39;recycled&#39; provided it works. There is the moral issue of course, of the chip being unclearly represented. To be honest, even if the chip was classed as recycled, I might still buy it, provided it works.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dubbie</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8754&AppID=318&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">