pyftdi for windows

[rqx110]

there is a fork project provides a better out-of-the-box experience by supporting the default Windows plug-and-play drivers provided by FTDI. https://github.com/mariusgreuel/pyftdiwin

could you merge these codes?

[eblot]

Yes I guess I could but it would require to create pull request(s). If you know the author or volunteer to create those PRs, please let me know.

[eblot]

I had a quick look at this project/fork.

From what I understand, I think it would make much more sense to add D2XX support to pyusb rather than to PyFtdi:

1. It could be used for other pyusb-based projects, not only PyFtdi
2. PyFtdi is designed not to have a direct dependencies on a native library. I'm pretty sure having a requirement on ctypes would create issues with other projects that rely on PyFtdi. This means this would have to be an optional dependency, which might be not simple to handle.
3. Testing is also an real issue :(

[eblot]

BTW I've added a direct link to this project from https://eblot.github.io/pyftdi/requirements.html#development