05ba:0008 Fingerprint Reader

DigitalPersona, Inc.

Vendor ID
05ba
Product ID
0008
Combined
05ba:0008
Decimal
1466:8

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Fingerprint Reader manufactured by DigitalPersona, Inc.. The vendor ID 05ba is registered to DigitalPersona, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0008 is the product ID that DigitalPersona, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05ba:0008 DigitalPersona, Inc. Fingerprint Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ba:0008 DigitalPersona, Inc. Fingerprint Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05ba:0008, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05ba:0008. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05ba, idProduct=0008.

Windows

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

USB\VID_05BA&PID_0008
USB\VID_05BA&PID_0008&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05BA&PID_0008"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Fingerprint Reader:
      Product ID: 0x0008
      Vendor ID: 0x05ba  (DigitalPersona, 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:

05ba  DigitalPersona, Inc.
	0008  Fingerprint Reader

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