OK, no more FTDI chip, I will move on to the CP2102.
I recently tried downloading a sketch from my Windows 8.1 box using an FTDI chip and noticed it was not working.
This is how a working FTDI chip looks like
A bricked one does not say 6001 it says 0000. Screw you FTDI, moving on
So this is how a good USB TTL looks like
Was an extra busy day, did some yard work today and I was sweating a lot.
Especially working on the lawn mower and mowing the lawn.
Just doing pushups and situps.