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FTDI Friend Downloads

FTDI Friend

by lady ada

published January 29, 2013, last edited March 08, 2024

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Installing FTDI Drivers
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FTDI vs. AVR Programmer
Programming Blank AVRs
Programming the Arduino Bootloader
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