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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:12:51 +0100, you wrote:

>
>> On 25 Feb 2005, at 19:14, Jim White wrote:
>>
>>> We are developing a board that will be a USB device (not host) using a 
>>> CP2101.
>>>
>>> Is there some sort of central registry for Vendor ID and / or Product ID 
>>> ?
>>>
>>> This will not be a mass market device but will need to recognizable as a
>>> unique device when plugged into a PC.
>
>With the FTDI chips and EEPROM's, this should be no problem at all, as
>each device will have a unique serial number.
>
>If you want a VID/PID, talk to FTDI, they may assign you a unique PID
>(if they have any left !)

AFAIK the serial number will not ensure the correct driver is loaded - it only copes with multiple
devices of the same type plugged in at once. 

If FTDI are assigning PIDs numerically, perhaps they will run out in the not too-distant future -
then they may well be running short - They assigned me some starting D8xx recently...