The following shows a typical run through installing and setting things up on Linux.
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0
and answer Y to the prompt. This should install libusb.
Setup udev rules
Use a text editor to create and edit the file /etc/udev/rules.d/11-ftdi.rules and add the following contents.
# /etc/udev/rules.d/11-ftdi.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6001", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6011", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6010", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6014", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6015", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666"
Here we use nano, so run:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/11-ftdi.rules
like this:
add the contents from above:
and then press CTRL-X and Y to save and exit.
The settings will take effect the next time you plug in the FT232H.
The settings will take effect the next time you plug in the FT232H.
pip3 install pyftdi
pip3 install adafruit-blinka
Set environment variable
We need to manually signal to Blinka that we have a FT232H attached. To do this, we set the environment variable BLINKA_FT232H. The value doesn't matter, just use 1:
export BLINKA_FT232H=1
Don't forget this step. Things won't work unless BLINKA_FT232H is set.
