FT232H module

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Hello,

I have a project. I need to send data from my laptop to the 74HC595. With 74HC9595, I need to connect some peripherals like an LED, a seven-segment display, etc. For coding, I will use VSCode and MinGW. I am not allowed to use any microcontroller. At first, due to my ignorance, I thought that I could transfer data via the FTDI module. I have that. I am very comfortable using your FTDI. Then I found that actually the task is not doable by your FTDI module. I need a USB to SPI module, not a USB to USART. I searched for the FT232H module on your website but could not find one. Do you have the FT232H under some other name or any other USB to SPI module that can get me out of the fuss? Thank you.

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Is SPI a strict requirement? In theory you could use some of the FTDI’s pins to bit-bang to the LED & 7-seg

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That other fruity company has a FT232H breakout. Adafruit FT232H Breakout - General Purpose USB to GPIO, SPI, I2C [USB C & Stemma QT] : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

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They did not make SPI mandatory. Is my goal somehow achievable by your FTDI module that features FT232RL? I could not use that because 74HC595 has no Tx and Rx pins. I needed Data, clock, Latch instead.

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It looks fairly well documented here, I’d say yes :slight_smile:

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Thank you. This is the first time I am seeing this tutorial. Though the process does not look straightforward to me in first glance, I will study. However, please think about adding FT232H in your product line.