0553:0151 — Digital Blue QX5 Microscope

This is the USB identifier for a Digital Blue QX5 Microscope manufactured by STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision). The vendor ID 0553 is registered to STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0151 is the product ID that STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0553:0151 STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision) Digital Blue QX5 Microscope.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0553:0151 STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision) Digital Blue QX5 Microscope

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0553:0151, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0553:0151. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0553, idProduct=0151.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0553&PID_0151
USB\VID_0553&PID_0151&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0553&PID_0151"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Digital Blue QX5 Microscope:
      Product ID: 0x0151
      Vendor ID: 0x0553  (STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision))

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.

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

0553  STMicroelectronics Imaging Division (VLSI Vision)
	0151  Digital Blue QX5 Microscope

• 0553:0002 CPiA Webcam
• 0553:0100 STV0672 Camera
• 0553:0140 Video Camera
• 0553:0150 CDE CAM 100
• 0553:0200 Dual-mode Camera0
• 0553:0201 Dual-mode Camera1
• 0553:0202 STV0680 Camera
• 0553:0674 Multi-mode Camera

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