08ca:2018 Pencam SD 2M

Aiptek International, Inc.

Vendor ID
08ca
Product ID
2018
Combined
08ca:2018
Decimal
2250:8216

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Pencam SD 2M manufactured by Aiptek International, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ca is registered to Aiptek International, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2018 is the product ID that Aiptek International, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ca:2018 Aiptek International, Inc. Pencam SD 2M.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ca:2018 Aiptek International, Inc. Pencam SD 2M

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ca:2018, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ca:2018. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ca, idProduct=2018.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08CA&PID_2018
USB\VID_08CA&PID_2018&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08CA&PID_2018"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Pencam SD 2M:
      Product ID: 0x2018
      Vendor ID: 0x08ca  (Aiptek International, 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:

08ca  Aiptek International, Inc.
	2018  Pencam SD 2M

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