> Serial / USB bridge. > (Almost) pain free USB interface. > Evaluation kit $US49 > http://www.silabs.com/products/microcontroller/interface_matrix.asp So it looks like a direct competitor of the FT232. Price at 100 (my kind of level) is $4, a bit higher than the FT232. But why are the VCP drivers shipped only as part of the evaluation kit? They should be available directly for end users, like for the FT chips. Seems like no improvement on the FT chips. Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics