Document Reference No.: FT_000247
V2-EVAL Vinculum II Evaluation Board Datasheet Version 2.0
Clearance No.: FTDI#148
7 Connecting to a PC Host
Connect a USB A/B cable to USB slave connector CN13 on the V2-EVAL board. Connect the other end to
PC computer and power-up the board. The PC should detect that new hardware has been plugged into
the PC and will launch the Hardware Wizard for installing the drivers. The driver installation procedure is
outlined in the following section.
7.1
Driver Installation
The FTDI USB drivers are required for the USB slave interface to FT4232H on the V2-EVAL board. The
latest drivers can be downloaded from the FTDI website
Installation instructions detailing all the steps required to install drivers on different operating systems
are available from
A summary of the installation
steps for a Windows XP system are shown below.
Upon connection, the New Hardware Wizard should produce the following screen
shown in
As FTDI supply WHQL certified drivers a user may select the option „Yes, this time only‟, which
will cause the Hardware Wizard to download compatible FTDI drivers from the internet. However
to avoid internet connectivity issues, users may carry out a manual installation using the
following steps.
Figure 7.1: Found New Hardware Wizard Screen
2.
With the manual installation, select the option to "Install from a list or specific location
(Advanced)" as shown in Figure 7.2 below and then click "Next".
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