Dump Data from FTDI Serial Port to Binary File on MacOS
This is a simple tool to capture the data from FTDI devices to a binary file.
Why Another tool
In Mac OSX, FTDI device could only work up to 4M baud rate, it is not possible to run 6M baud rate which I need.
Dependency
FTDI D2XX Driver
This is the driver to replace the standard VCP (Virtual Com Port Driver).
Following the video to install the driver on Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir2PVz1870E
Find the driver:
https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/D2XX1.4.24.zip
On following page:
https://ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx-drivers/
pyftdi
Refer to the following document to install pyftdi:
https://eblot.github.io/pyftdi/
How to use
ftdi_dump(master ✗) python3 dump.py -h
usage: dump.py [-h] [-b BAUDRATE] [-f FILE] [device]
positional arguments:
device serial port device name (default: ftdi:///3)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b BAUDRATE, --baudrate BAUDRATE
serial port baudrate (default: 6000000)
-f FILE, --file FILE save dump to a file
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