[Elecraft] [QRP-L] New Elecraft product: XG3 All-Band RF SignalSource

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > The ftdi devices have free and open licence-free drivers for all
 > platforms.

Only as a "serial converter" using FTDI's own UID/PID.  When one
needs to support a specific device, e.g., "Elecraft XG3," it is
necessary to license and certify the drivers at substantial cost
before some operating systems will install them.  In any case, the
CPU side of the equation is only part of the issue ... and still
does not account for the additional cost/complexity/size on the
device side.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 4/14/2011 1:10 PM, Thomas Horsten wrote:
> On 14 April 2011 06:14, Joe Subich, W4TV<lists at subich.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>   >  Why does the XG3 have an RS232 port and not a USB port?
>>
>> Not again!  USB is very operating system dependent and incurs a
>> significant overhead cost in licensing as well as software cost
>> for multiple operating systems.
>
> The ftdi devices have free and open licence-free drivers for all platforms.
>
> 73,
> Thomas 2E0ETT
>