libftdi is a library that talks to FTDI's FT232/245BM, FT2232C/D, and FT232/245R type chips, including the popular bitbang mode, using libusb.
| Tags | Software Development Libraries |
|---|---|
| Licenses | LGPL |
Recent releases


Release Notes: libftdi has been ported to libusb 1.0. It contains many eeprom handling improvements and can be installed in parallel with the 0.x legacy version.


Release Notes: This release adds support for FT232H chips. It fixes the install location of the header files.


Release Notes: Various small bugs are corrected. Improvements to the cmake build system and the Python wrapper. Support for FT232R eeprom features.


Release Notes: The build system was improved for cross compilation. Safety checks to protect against a segfault if a device is closed were added. Building of the documentation/examples can now be disabled.


Release Notes: Support for FTDI's high speed chips was improved. Various bugfixes were done and two new example programs are included.