Chip doesn't quite behave like true FTDI FT232Rs (EEPROM not writable, can't be bricked by the software driver), and it lacks a USB short-circuit protection, as well as a ferrite bead.

Chinese designers seem to have implemented protocol-compatible "fake" chip, using mask-programmed microcontroller. This clone has a common serial number A5XK3RJT.

Logo has funny oblique lines when viewed. Font kerning is wrong. Font family is wrong.

I'm located in Canada. Bought one just to have a fake.