0525:a220 — GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter

Netchip Technology, Inc.

Vendor ID: 0525
Product ID: a220
Combined: 0525:a220
Decimal: 1317:41504

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter manufactured by Netchip Technology, Inc.. The vendor ID 0525 is registered to Netchip Technology, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a220 is the product ID that Netchip Technology, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0525:a220 Netchip Technology, Inc. GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0525:a220 Netchip Technology, Inc. GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0525:a220, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0525:a220. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0525, idProduct=a220.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0525&PID_A220
USB\VID_0525&PID_A220&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0525&PID_A220"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0xa220
      Vendor ID: 0x0525  (Netchip Technology, Inc.)

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.

Raw usb.ids entry

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

0525  Netchip Technology, Inc.
	a220  GVC Bluetooth Wireless Adapter

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