Hi All, The FTDI costs 2USD more than the ATmega16U2 but the atmel is has an external crsystal and is more faster with rx and tx data. No extra drivers needed when connecting it to pc with arduino installed. Then there are fake FTDI chips that get bricked when updating the drivers so as to prevent …

Advanteges of FTDI over ATmega16u2 as usb to TTL

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