Size comparason: From left to right - a USB 'B' socket, a surface mount SOIC-20 IC, the SSOP-28 USB chip, a 14 pin DIP and a transistor.
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The board assembled and ready to test. The FTDI FT245R USB FIFO dwarfed by its decoupling capacitors.
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And... it works first time, the device showing up in the laptop's dmesg straight away.
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