>So, in the absence of additional input I'm going with
>the Philips part. I'd like hear about experiences with
>either of these chips or any other suggestions.

I would suggest you look seriously at the FTDI part, which is available in
two versions, one is USB to serial UART and the other is USB to parallel.
Both will take a 93C46 type eeprom for the enumeration info, and can load
this eeprom from the USB bus using a utility available on the FTDI website.

40 pin surface mount package, requires 6MHz crystal or resonator, possibly
driven from external clock if this already available IIRC, it is a while
since I looked at the data sheet.

Check out http://www.ftdichip.com/ and make sure you pick up the B versions
of the chips.

The "get out" clause. I don't have experience with any USB chips, but have
looked at these with interest. They appear to have some nice features, and
there are some app notes on the web page as well.

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