0483:2018 BioSimKey

STMicroelectronics

Vendor ID
0483
Product ID
2018
Combined
0483:2018
Decimal
1155:8216

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a BioSimKey manufactured by STMicroelectronics. The vendor ID 0483 is registered to STMicroelectronics with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2018 is the product ID that STMicroelectronics assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0483:2018 STMicroelectronics BioSimKey.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0483:2018 STMicroelectronics BioSimKey

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0483:2018, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0483:2018. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0483, idProduct=2018.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0483&PID_2018
USB\VID_0483&PID_2018&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0483&PID_2018"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    BioSimKey:
      Product ID: 0x2018
      Vendor ID: 0x0483  (STMicroelectronics)

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. STMicroelectronics official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

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

0483  STMicroelectronics
	2018  BioSimKey

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