> From a software perspective the FTDI based ones are very
> "transparent", aside from the "high" COM number.

You can set them to any number you wat, even COM1 if it is free.

But there will always be differences:
- no hardware (register level) access
- timing is very different

IME whether a converter is transparent depends mostly on the
application.

Wouter van Ooijen

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