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  • New Features
    • Added support for additional QinHeng USB serial adapters, including CH342, CH344, CH9103, and CH9104.
    • Added support for Prolific PL2303 adapters, including connection setup and signal control.
    • Improved compatibility with WCH adapters, including baud-rate and signal settings.
  • Bug Fixes
    • CDC/ACM connections now apply baud-rate changes correctly.
    • Improved USB serial device recognition and connection handling.
    • If changing a WebUSB connection’s baud rate fails, the connection can now fall back to reopening the device.
  • Guidance
    • Some macOS WebUSB connection errors now include a tip about CDC-ACM control-line conflicts and alternatives.

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The WebUSB and Node USB adapters add chip-specific initialization, signal, and baud-rate handling for WCH and PL2303 devices. The changes add four QinHeng product IDs, update USB device filtering, and log a macOS-specific tip for a qualifying WebUSB connection failure.

Changes: USB serial support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Device selection and initialization
js/webusb-serial.js, src/node-usb-adapter.ts, js/util/usb-chips.js, src/util/usb-chips.ts
Both adapters narrow CH340 handling to four product IDs and add PL2303 and other WCH initialization paths. The Node adapter filters devices using the chip registry. The registries add four QinHeng products.
Signal control
js/webusb-serial.js, src/node-usb-adapter.ts
The WebUSB adapter adds WCH, FTDI, and PL2303 signal handlers. The Node adapter attempts both vendor and CDC control requests for WCH signals.
Baud-rate handling
js/webusb-serial.js, src/node-usb-adapter.ts, src/esp_loader.ts
Both adapters add CH343-family baud calculation and setup. The WebUSB adapter adds PL2303 and standard CDC line-coding updates. The loader logs a baud-rate setting failure and continues with the close-and-reopen path.
Connection guidance
js/script.js
WebUSB logs a macOS CDC-ACM tip for qualifying connection failures.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant WebUSBSerial
  participant PL2303
  participant USBControlInterface
  WebUSBSerial->>PL2303: Start PL2303 initialization
  PL2303->>USBControlInterface: Send vendor startup requests
  PL2303->>USBControlInterface: Set 8N1 line coding and assert DTR/RTS
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Four new chips join the registry,
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js/webusb-serial.js: 1

474-479: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consolidate the WCH CDC predicate in the shared USB-chip utility.

The six current checks agree, so there is no current routing mismatch. However, adding a WCH CDC PID requires six edits. A missed edit can route the same device to CDC setup in one operation and CH340 vendor commands in another.

Export the predicate from src/util/usb-chips.ts, consume it from both adapters, and update the generated js/util/usb-chips.js.

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--- a/src/util/usb-chips.ts
+++ b/src/util/usb-chips.ts
@@
 export const USB_SERIAL_CHIPS: Record<
@@
   },
 };
 
+const WCH_CDC_PIDS = new Set([0x55d3, 0x55d4, 0x55d8]);
+export const isCH340Vendor = (vendorId: number, productId: number) =>
+  vendorId === 0x1a86 && !WCH_CDC_PIDS.has(productId);
+
 // Known USB-Serial vendor IDs derived from USB_SERIAL_CHIPS
 export const knownVendorIds: number[] =

Replace the six multiline WCH conditions with these calls:

--- a/js/webusb-serial.js
+++ b/js/webusb-serial.js
@@
-import { serialPortFilters, webUSBDeviceFilters } from "./util/usb-chips.js";
+import {
+  isCH340Vendor,
+  serialPortFilters,
+  webUSBDeviceFilters,
+} from "./util/usb-chips.js";
@@
-    else if (
-      this.device.vendorId === 0x1a86 &&
-      this.device.productId !== 0x55d3 &&
-      this.device.productId !== 0x55d4 &&
-      this.device.productId !== 0x55d8
-    ) {
+    else if (isCH340Vendor(this.device.vendorId, this.device.productId)) {
@@
-        else if (
-          vid === 0x1a86 &&
-          pid !== 0x55d3 &&
-          pid !== 0x55d4 &&
-          pid !== 0x55d8
-        ) {
+        else if (isCH340Vendor(vid, pid)) {
@@
-    else if (
-      vid === 0x1a86 &&
-      pid !== 0x55d3 &&
-      pid !== 0x55d4 &&
-      pid !== 0x55d8
-    ) {
+    else if (isCH340Vendor(vid, pid)) {

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Review comment at @js/webusb-serial.js around lines 474 - 479:
Export a shared WCH CDC-aware CH340 vendor predicate from
`src/util/usb-chips.ts` and update `js/util/usb-chips.js` to expose it. Replace
the six duplicated VID/PID checks in the WebUSB branches of `webusb-serial.js`
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predicate, keeping device routing consistent.

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Review comments at @js/webusb-serial.js:
- Around line 946-1008: Update _initPL2303 and its caller open so failures from
required line-coding or signal setup propagate instead of being swallowed; on
failure, release the claimed device and reject open before creating streams.
- Around line 1147-1177: Update the CDC error handling in
WebUSBSerial.setBaudRate so a controlTransferOut failure is rethrown rather than
swallowed, allowing the caller to enter its existing close/reopen fallback.
Preserve the error log.

Review comments at @src/node-usb-adapter.ts:
- Line 1023: Update the device filter in listUSBPorts to check both vendor and
product IDs against USB_SERIAL_CHIPS, while preserving the Espressif vendor
exception; exclude other devices whose product IDs are not registered.

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Review comments at @js/webusb-serial.js:
- Around line 474-479: Export a shared WCH CDC-aware CH340 vendor predicate from
`src/util/usb-chips.ts` and update `js/util/usb-chips.js` to expose it. Replace
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- Around line 831-874: Update `_setSignalsWCH` to track whether the vendor or
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- Around line 892-916: Update setSignalsCH340 to track whether either the vendor
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- Around line 962-1002: Update setBaudRateCH343 to track whether the vendor
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- Line 897: Update the sync-failure condition around `isAndroid` to show the
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- Around line 956-994: Update _setBaudRateCH343 to track whether either the
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