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