0403:0232 — Serial Converter
Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 0403
- Product ID
- 0232
- Combined
- 0403:0232
- Decimal
- 1027:562
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Serial Converter manufactured by Future Technology Devices International, Ltd. The vendor ID 0403 is registered to Future Technology Devices International, Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0232 is the product ID that Future Technology Devices International, Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0403:0232 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd Serial Converter.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0403:0232 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd Serial Converter
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0403:0232, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0403:0232. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0403, idProduct=0232.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0403&PID_0232 USB\VID_0403&PID_0232&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0403&PID_0232"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Serial Converter:
Product ID: 0x0232
Vendor ID: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International, Ltd)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. Future Technology Devices International, Ltd official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0403 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd 0232 Serial Converter