Installing FTDI drivers?
 

I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.*

I¹m quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDI¹s download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?*

Thanks,
Dave

Installing FTDI drivers?
 

For OS X Mavericks (10.9) Apple apparently developed their own drivers for
the FTDI chip which don¹t exactly work. So the solution is to disable those
built-in drivers and install the drivers available from FTDI¹s web site.*

The procedure is documented he

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=198539.0

Note that the drivers on the FTDI download page show latest compatibility as
Lion (10.7) but reports are that they are working with Mavericks and
Yosemite.*

FYI

Installing FTDI drivers?
 

On 03/26/2015 10:51 AM, DaveC wrote:
I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.

I¹m quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDI¹s download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?

Thanks,
Dave

It may be a moot point - the last couple of versions of real Arduino
boards don't use FTDI chips. They use an Atmega chip with a USB interface.
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno

Installing FTDI drivers?
 

On 26/03/15 11:51 PM, DaveC wrote:
I want to experiment a little with Arduino. Apparently I need to install FTDI
serial drivers to communicate with the Arduino board.

I¹m quite wary about bricking my Arduino, remembering the recent FTDI driver
scandal. (Who knows by sight which chips are legitimate and which are
counterfeit?) ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

Is it safe to install the FTDI driver for OS X listed on FTDI¹s download
page? ::

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

If not, where to get drivers for OS X?

Thanks,
Dave

Have you visited the Arduino site ??
You would be safe enough with stuff from there.