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AnttiLukats
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1 year ago

Altera promoting counterfeit FTDI IC usage in product

Hi, Altera is promoting the "Altera Innovation Lab" at Crowdsupply https://www.crowdsupply.com/altera/innovation-lab This is for sure Altera promoted. But one of the projects listed there: uLab Ki...
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AnttiLukats
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1 year ago

It is not about concerned Windows users. Any windows user will:

* access the JTAG as usual as the board is USB Blaster compatible

* not know that he is violating FTDI License

The product pages do not say:

"We use counterfeit FTDI device technology, you are only allowed to use Quartus on Linux or Linux VM."

This disclaimer isn't there.

I think it is pretty much concern for Altera to be sure that the product based on Altera FPGA does not offer counterfeit USB Blaster.