This application note describes how to use ASIX products with USB interface under Linux.

Supported ASIX products

• PRESTO: UP (from ver. 2.33)
• PRESTO: JTAG SVF Player (from ver. 2.0)
• SIGMA (from ver.1.05)

Step 1: Install libftd2xx

Install libftd2xx which is available from FTDI web (Home → Drivers → D2XX → Linux)

Direct link to libftd2xx files is http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm
(we cannot guarantee that this link will not be changed in the future, it is not under our control).

Please follow instructions written in the included README file.

Always use the latest version of the drivers and libftd2xx libraries from the Internet.

Step 2: Install lin_ftd2xx

Install lin_ftd2xx by ASIX:
lin_ftd2xx.dll.so.tar.gz (TAR.GZ file format, 7 952 B)

Please follow instructions written in the included README file.

Step 3: Install (or update) WINE

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.

We recommend to use always the latest Linux kernel version for your distribution.

We recommend to use always the latest version of Wine.

ASIX products have been tested with Wine version 0.9.46 a 0.9.50 and kernel version 2.6.18. According the available information, the kernel version 2.4.x could be also used but this was not tested by us. Problems were encountered in Wine version 0.9.25 (current Wine in Debian 4.0).

Please install the Microsoft Windows™ fonts to get the correct display appearance. Recommended fonts are msttcorefonts available from Ubuntu package repository.