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Author Topic: FT260 UART-HID bridge problems  (Read 8002 times)

Delier

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FT260 UART-HID bridge problems
« on: April 21, 2021, 08:04:26 PM »

Hello,

I've got seriuos problems with getting FT260 chip to work properly as UART-HID bridge. I am using STM32 microcontroler as UART source and python program on computer to receive hid data. The problem is that when I am sending data via UART I do not get it on computer as a single packet, but always as a few smallest size packets (ID=F0) containing 1 or 2 bytes of data. There are also situations when I don't receive all data I sent. Also sometimes packets seem to contain some parts of data I tried to send, but are not marked as vaild bytes. I am pretty sure that I've got the transmission parameters right. Below I pasted example of data I receive on HID end, when I send array {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} via UART (baud rate = 19200, parity=odd).

Any ideas why would that happen? Is there any specific way I am supposed to assemble data when I am sending it thourgh UART? Maybe I should add some kind of header and/or end sign? Or maybe there are other requirements that I missed?

Example data received by python program:
Raw data: [240, 1, 1, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Raw data: [240, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Raw data: [240, 2, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Raw data: [240, 2, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Raw data: [240, 1, 8, 7, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
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FTDI_USA

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Re: FT260 UART-HID bridge problems
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2021, 07:02:26 PM »

Hello:

What OS are you using to talk with the FT260?

If you are running Windows, we offer the LibFT260 dll for configuring/communicating the FT260 as a USB-HID to UART bridge:
https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LibFT260-v1.1.3.zip

Best Regards,
FTDI US Support
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Delier

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Re: FT260 UART-HID bridge problems
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2021, 09:52:06 PM »

Thank you for your reply. I am using Python on Windows. I will try porting dll to python and see if it solves my problem.
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Re: FT260 UART-HID bridge problems
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2021, 01:18:10 PM »

Hello Delier, how are you?

We are having exactly the same problem in Windows. Could you solve it?

Thank you.
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Delier

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Re: FT260 UART-HID bridge problems
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2021, 07:08:49 PM »

Hello!
I nearly got it working...ish. After porting LibFT260.dll to python with ctypes I am able to send and receive data. The problem is, that ever other frame I receive at pc side is corrupted and it seems pretty consistent. I am trying to find out what is causing that (no luck so far). But I think that using ctypes and dll is right direction.
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