#FTDI EEPROM configuration
The EEPROM configuration is mandatory for using the FT245 synchronous fifo.
cha_type=FIFO is the line which causes the ft232h starts as usb<->fifo converter. Don't forget it!
You probably should check the version of the main.c of the ftdi_eeprom program to see if the option is present otherwise check for another version of this program (or as Stallman said, you can modify it and then share it....).
#Installation
FTDI provides ft_prog.
Warning: The version provided by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (0.17) is too old and can't be used to set the channel mode to fifo.
install libftdi1.2-dev - download package, untar the archive - go into, mkdir build - go into build folder - cmake .. - make - make install
- Get the sample configuration file.
- Use ftdi_eeprom program and to configure the eeprom type:
ftdi_eeprom --flash-eeprom ft232h.conf
expected output:
FTDI eeprom generator v0.17
(c) Intra2net AG and the libftdi developers <[email protected]>
FTDI read eeprom: 0
EEPROM size: 256
FIXME: Build FT232H specific EEPROM settings
Used eeprom space: 220 bytes
FTDI write eeprom: 0
Writing to file: eeprom.new
FTDI close: 0
It will also dump a eeprom.new.
Then you can start to use a program which opens the ft232h as a USB<->FIFO converter, using setBitMode(..... BITMODE_SYNC_FIFO);. You can find all the options in the definition
of the ftdi.h file.