Many thanks for the feedback/input. I tried another actual FTDI USB->serial cable and was successful so it looks like it was my Chinese "ftdi" and USB-> serial components that are causing the issue ...
Added STTS751 temperature sensor driver Added LSM6DSO and LPS22HH drivers Renamed HDC1008 driver to ti_hdc and added support for 1050 version Added LED current, proximity pulse length, ALS, and ...