0403:bdc8 — Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter

This is the USB identifier for a Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter 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 bdc8 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:bdc8 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0403:bdc8 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0403:bdc8, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0403:bdc8. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0403, idProduct=bdc8.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0403&PID_BDC8
USB\VID_0403&PID_BDC8&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0403&PID_BDC8"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter:
      Product ID: 0xbdc8
      Vendor ID: 0x0403  (Future Technology Devices International, Ltd)

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 →

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

0403  Future Technology Devices International, Ltd
	bdc8  Egnite GmbH - JTAG/RS-232 adapter

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