We would love to hear any thoughts on FT232RL vs MCP2000. We selected MCP2200 for revision 1 because it was less expensive and available in a less fine pitch package (less rework).
However if you build a lot of something placements also matter. FT’s offering has an internal 3.3V LDO, and doesn’t require a crystal. That reduces the external components by at least 4 placements. If you have the board manufactured that might cost 0.01/pin or it might cost 0.25/part. No matter how you look at it the external parts cost money as does placing them. This removes much of MCP22200′s cost advantage.
The question is does the community strongly prefer one or the other?
