072f:90cf — ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader
Advanced Card Systems, Ltd
- Vendor ID
- 072f
- Product ID
- 90cf
- Combined
- 072f:90cf
- Decimal
- 1839:37071
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader manufactured by Advanced Card Systems, Ltd. The vendor ID 072f is registered to Advanced Card Systems, Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 90cf is the product ID that Advanced Card Systems, Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 072f:90cf Advanced Card Systems, Ltd ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 072f:90cf Advanced Card Systems, Ltd ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 072f:90cf, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 072f:90cf. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=072f, idProduct=90cf.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_072F&PID_90CF USB\VID_072F&PID_90CF&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_072F&PID_90CF"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader:
Product ID: 0x90cf
Vendor ID: 0x072f (Advanced Card Systems, Ltd)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:
072f Advanced Card Systems, Ltd 90cf ACR38 SAM Smart Card Reader