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Future Technology Devices International, Ltd. (FTDI) is a leading semiconductor company specializing in the design, development, and supply of innovative USB connectivity and interfacing solutions. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, FTDI has established itself as a key player in the field of USB technology.

FTDI offers a wide range of products and solutions that enable seamless integration of USB connectivity into various electronic devices and systems. Their flagship product line includes USB bridge chips, USB host and device ICs, USB hubs, USB-to-serial converters, and USB audio devices. These solutions provide reliable and efficient data transfer, communication, and control capabilities, making them essential components in many applications across industries such as consumer electronics, industrial automation, healthcare, automotive, and more.

FTDI Chips
FTDI Chip
 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd.

– FTDI Chip specializes in the design and supply of silicon and software solutions. FTDI focus is on providing easy to use, robust products that enable fast time to market while offering differentiated solutions through unique features that bring value to customers’ end equipment designs.

The company is widely recognized for its industry-leading USB products, offering a simple route to US migration (USB Made Easy) by combining easy-to-implement IC devices with proven, ready to use, royalty-free USB firmware and driver software.

FTDI Chip has now expanded its “made easy” philosophy with the addition of easy to use display controllers offering display, audio, and touch functionality in a simple compact package with simple to use development software for creating graphical interfaces for a variety of low powered microcontrollers.

FTDI Chip is a global fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Glasgow, UK with Research and Development facilities located in Glasgow, UK and Singapore

 
Products:
FTDI offer a wide range of products to allow easy interfacing to devices over USB. FTDI products are grouped into the following categories.

One of FTDI’s notable offerings is the FT232R, a widely used USB-to-serial UART interface IC that has gained popularity for its simplicity, reliability, and broad compatibility with different operating systems and development platforms. FTDI’s products are known for their robustness, low power consumption, and ease of integration, making them ideal for both professional developers and hobbyists.

ICs

Cables

Modules

For a complete USB 2.0 Hi-Speed design solution visit FTDI.com “USB In The Fast Lane” page, which summarises FTDI Chip’s Hi-Speed solution capabilities. This includes multi-channel USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ICs and associated evaluation platforms.

ICs

FTDI offer a range of USB connectivity ICs.  The range consists Vinculum family of USB Host / Slave controllers and FT series family of USB Slave based converter devices.

FT-X

FT-X series devices offer lower power, lower pin count, and a leadership feature set, that makes bridging from a USB ports to UART, I2C, enhanced SPI (FT1248) or FIFO interfaces  easy to design and implement.

FT200XD – Full Speed USB to I2C Bridge in 10 pin DFN package

FT201X – Full Speed USB to I2C Bridge

FT220X – Full Speed USB to 4-Bit SPI / FT1248 Bridge

FT221X – Full Speed USB to 8-bit SPI / FT1248 Bridge

FT230X – Full Speed USB to Basic UART

FT231X – Full Speed USB to Full Handshake UART

FT234XD – Full Speed USB to Basic UART

FT240X – Full Speed USB to 8- bit FIFO

FT12 Series Controllers

FT120 USB full-speed Device Controller

FT121 USB full-speed SPI Slave to Host Controller

FT122 USB full-speed Parallel Bus to Host Controller

Vinculum family – USB Host / Slave Controllers

Vinculum-II Programmable USB 2.0 Host / Slave Controller

Vinculum Embedded USB 2.0 Host Controller

FT300 Series ICs – USB Host / Android Open Accessory (AOA) Solutions

FT311D – Full-Speed USB2.0 Host IC Optimised for Android Platforms

FT312D – Full-Speed Android Open Accessory USB2.0 Host to UART Bridge

FT313H – Hi-Speed USB2.0 Host Controller

FT Series ICs – USB Slave Converters

FT232H – Single Channel Hi-Speed USB to Multipurpose UART/FIFO IC

FT2232H – Hi-Speed USB 2.0 – Dual UART/FIFO Converter

FT4232H – Hi-Speed USB 2.0 – Quad UART Converter

FT232R – Single USB 2.0 to Serial UART Converter IC.

FT245R – Single USB 2.0 to FIFO Converter IC.

FT2232D/C/L – Dual USB UART/FIFO IC

FT232B – Single USB to UART Converter ICs

FT245B – Single USB to FIFO Converter ICs

FT8U232AM – USB 1.1 to UART IC. Legacy product (discontinued)

FT8U245AM – USB 1.1 to FIFO IC.  Legacy product (discontinued)

FT8U100AX – Multi-Function USB 1.1 Hub Controller IC (discontinued)
FTDI Chip Technology: FTDI chip is one of the most popular USB to TTL converter IC. They are used to interface devices like Arduino with the laptop through a USB cable. In simple words, an FTDI chip makes it super easy to convert a USB signal to the UART signal understood by the microcontrollers.

FTDI is committed to delivering high-quality products and providing excellent technical support to its customers. They actively engage with their user community through their support forums, providing assistance, documentation, and software development resources to facilitate the successful implementation of their products.
Specifications:
FTDI Brochure

In addition to their USB connectivity solutions, FTDI also offers software development tools, programming languages, and software libraries that further enhance the usability and flexibility of their products.