Timeline for Is it OK to use manufacturer vendor ID when using virtual COM port example?
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| Apr 21, 2022 at 11:51 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 21, 2022 at 11:31 | comment | added | Finbarr | Does this answer your question? What is a product ID in USB and do I need to buy it for my project? | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 10:11 | comment | added | Lorenzo Marcantonio | for sure at least once FTDI actively broke the driver for non-original FT232 chips; at least vendor has a PID selling program to aid in registration (you use their VID but with an unique PID assigned by them); to be 100% USB compliant you should get you VID and certify the board | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 9:49 | comment | added | Mike | electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/80815/… | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 6:25 | history | edited | ocrdu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 21, 2022 at 6:21 | comment | added | MarkU | One thing to watch out for with USB VID/PID, is that changing the VID/PID may require some extra steps to match up the correct device driver. For windows PCs especially, the PC looks at USB VID/PID to determine which device driver (software) to use. | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 5:50 | comment | added | Ahmet Atcı | Thanks i am going to check it. | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 5:49 | comment | added | the busybee | The documentation of the PIC and the libraries should include the rules how to use the vendor ID. And you can visit the USB organisation for further information. | |
| Apr 21, 2022 at 5:48 | comment | added | jsotola | ask the manufacturer | |
| S Apr 21, 2022 at 5:45 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Apr 21, 2022 at 5:45 | history | asked | Ahmet Atcı | CC BY-SA 4.0 |