Ftdi ft232rl driver windows xp

Please note that drivers will be installed automatically via Windows Update if connected to the internet.

However, click to download the Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server driver installer (setup executable) for ease of installation. This contains both VCP and D2XX drivers.

Refer to our Installation Guides for more information.

For older OS drivers and installers, see ‘No Longer Supported’ section on the VCP or D2xx driver pages.

Drivers are available which allow FTDI devices to work with the following operating systems:

VCP or D2xx Drivers

For most of these operating systems two types of driver are available: Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers and direct (D2XX) drivers. The VCP driver emulates a standard PC serial port such that the USB device may be communicated with as a standard RS232 device. The D2XX driver allows direct access to a USB device via a DLL interface.

To locate the drivers you want to install for a device, select which of the driver types you wish to use (VCP or D2XX) and then locate the appropriate operating systems.

D3XX

D3XX drivers are only suitable for FTDI’s Superspeed USB bridge services (e.g. FT60x series).

FT4222H

FT4222H requires the D2XX drivers and LibFT4222 library for operation (no VCP).

OS Provided Drivers

FT260 and FT602 use built in OS drivers (no need to install any drivers manually).

Custom Drivers

When editing driver INF files, refer to the following document:AN_107 Advanced Driver Options.  Note that for Windows this breaks driver signing. Please contact us for more information.

FT232RL FTDI USB to TTL serial converter modules are used for general serial applications and popularly used for communication to and from microcontroller development boards such as ESP-01s and Arduino micros, which do not have USB interfaces to computer via a USB mini port and for flashing STM32 bootloader.

The FT232RL IC is used to convert USB signals to UART signals which facilitates communication with and upload code to microcontrollers like Arduino, STM32 and ESP-01 without the need for an external programmer.

FT232RL FTDI Hardware overview

The FTDI USB to TTL serial converter module is a Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) board used for TTL serial communication. It is a breakout board for the FTDI FT232R chip with a USB interface, can use 3.3 or 5 V DC and has Tx/Rx and other breakout points.

The module has a mini-B USB port which is used to connect to a USB port of an interfaced device like a computer.

It has a 3.3/5V DC selection jumper and supplies 500 mA through its VCC pin.

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The FTDI USB to TTL serial converter module has 6 male header pins which are breadboard friendly and 18 through-hole connectors.

• DTR – Data Terminal Ready (Output used for flow control)
• RX – Serial Data Receive
• TX – Serial Data Transmit
• VCC – Power Input
• CTS – Clear to send (Input used for flow control)
• GND – Ground

Pins RX, TX, VCC and GND are connected to the corresponding pins of the microcontroller with RX connected to TX and TX to RX.

There are TX and RX indicator LEDs and you can actually see serial traffic using these LEDs which helps to verify if the board is working.

The DTR pin is connected to the reset pin of the microcontroller, which will trigger an auto-reset signal after a sketch is uploaded.

Flow control is used to indicate to the other end of the connection that it is safe to send data. It is always recommended to use hardware flow control for UART communication. This means that in addition to the RXD and TXD data pins, the FT232RL FTDI module has two more pins used to indicate when it is safe to send data from each side. These pins are known as Data Terminal Ready (DTR) and Clear To Send (CTS).

The DTR pin allows a target to auto-reset when a new Sketch is downloaded. This is a really nice feature to have and allows a sketch to be downloaded without having to hit the reset button. This board will auto reset any board that has the reset pin brought out to a 6-pin connector.

Apart from being a USB to serial UART, it has an integrated EEPROM and an internal clock generator operating at 6MHz, 12MHz, 24MHz and 48MHz that can be used to drive a microcontroller or external logic.

Checking whether FTDI drivers are installed on Windows.

If FTDI drivers are not installed and you plug the FTDI module in a computer, you may get the “USB device not recognized” error message and if you check in Device Manger, the FTDI module will appear with a danger symbol as shown below.

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These errors can also occur if the FTDI drivers are installed by corrupted. In both situations you need to install or update the drivers.

Using Arduino IDE.

Plug the FTDI module in one of your computer’s USB ports and open Arduino IDE.

Go to Tools > Serial Ports and if the FTDI drivers are not installed, you will not be able to select COM port in the Arduino IDE.

Installing FTDI Drivers on Windows 10.

By default, Windows Operating system does not come with FTDI drivers. However, these drivers are needed by some devices to register the FTDI USB to TTL serial converter module to be able to appear as a COM port. This allows application software to access the module in the same way as it would access a standard COM port.

• First you need to download the FTDI drivers for example v2.12.36.4 FTDI VCP driver executable file that I have provided for Windows 64-bit system. Alternatively, you can download FTDI VCP drivers from ftdichip website where you can get drivers for various operating systems.
• Unzip the downloaded file and run the installer by double clicking on the unzipped file

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INTRO

QUICK & EASY

Reference: Although the images are taken from Windows 7 OS, the process is very similar to other versions of Windows. However, there are tutorials for Win7 and Win8 OS.

1. FTDI drivers aren’t integrated inside Windows OS. Connect Croduino board to your PC and open Arduino IDE. Now click on “Tools – Serial Ports” and if you aren’t finding anything there, you’ll need drivers. Let’s go get some!

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2. Download drivers for 32bit or 64bit OS. If you aren’t sure which to choose, check out step 3. and 4. of an advanced installation.

3. Run previously downloaded file and follow the installation steps. If everything is all right, under “Tools – Serial Ports” inside Arduino IDE, COM port shows up.

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Croduino is ready to use! If you are experiencing problems with this installation, follow more advanced installation bellow.

ADVANCED INSTALLATION

Reference: Although the images are taken from Windows 7 OS, the process is very similar to other versions of Windows. However, there are tutorials for Win7 and Win8 OS.

1. Before we connect Croduino or some other FTDI device, let’s download drivers. Follow the link to official FTDI website and choose “VCP” (Virtual Com Port) option at the bottom of the page.

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2. Choose 32 bit or 64 bit version. If you are sure of a version which you are using, skip steps 3. and 4.
*Reference: If you are more experienced PC user, you can check the version inside cmd by typing “wmic OS get OSArchitecture” command. 

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3. Open Start menu, right click “Computer”, then left click on “Properties”.

4. Under “General” tab look for the version which you are using. The picture below shows 64 bit OS. If there is “Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition …” under “System”, your system is 64 bit. Otherwise, your OS is 32bit. Briefly, the left picture represents 32 bit, unlike the right, 64bit OS.

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5. Returning to FTDI, ie. FTDI website. Right click and “Save as” at column which coresponds to your OS. Alternatively, you can follow these direct links: for 32bit or 64bit. It is possible that on these direct links older driver versions can be found.

6. Choose, and remember the location in which you’ll save the drivers. The format of the drivers is .zip. Right click on the .zip file and choose “Extract All…”. Before you click on “Extract”, put a tick on “Show extracted files when complete”. After the extractions are done, a folder will open. It contains drivers so remember its location.

7. It is time to install previously downloaded drivers. While connecting Croduino to PC (when drivers aren’t installed) a small pop-up balloon will show up in the right bottom of your screen “Found New Hardware”.

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After few seconds a “Found New Hardware Wizard” will show up as well. Choose “No, not this time” and click on “Next >”

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8. At next wizard we choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, then”Next >”

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9. It will enable us to install drivers manually. We choose “Browse” and “Browse For Folder” wizard will open. We will find a folder in which we extracted previously downloaded drivers. Click on “OK”, then on “Next >”.

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10. After the copying is done, this windows will show up. Click on “Finish”.

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11. Few moments after, a new wizard is open. This time it’s for “USB Serial Port” driver installation. Again we choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and repeat the same procedure as before (steps 9. and 10.).

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12. After few moments a message shows up which tells us that installation was successful.

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13. Now you can reset your PC and use your FTDI devices after.

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CONCLUSION