03eb:2049 — Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader (Atmel Corp.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader manufactured by Atmel Corp.. The vendor ID 03eb is registered to Atmel Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2049 is the product ID that Atmel Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 03eb:2049 Atmel Corp. Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03eb:2049 Atmel Corp. Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 03eb:2049, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 03eb:2049. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=03eb, idProduct=2049.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_03EB&PID_2049
USB\VID_03EB&PID_2049&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_03EB&PID_2049"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader:
      Product ID: 0x2049
      Vendor ID: 0x03eb  (Atmel Corp.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Atmel Corp. official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

03eb  Atmel Corp.
	2049  Stripe Snoop Magnetic Stripe Reader

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