Download and install FTDI USB Serial Converter driver

USB Serial Converter is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This driver was developed by FTDI. USB/VID_0403&PID_F28C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. FTDI USB Serial Converter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for FTDI USB Serial Converter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.08.14 released on 2011-03-18.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by FTDI.
Driver file size: 427052 bytes (417.04 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 49433 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install FTDI USB Serial Converter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the FTDI USB Serial Converter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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