093a:050f — Mars-Semi Pc-Camera (Pixart Imaging, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Mars-Semi Pc-Camera manufactured by Pixart Imaging, Inc.. The vendor ID 093a is registered to Pixart Imaging, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 050f is the product ID that Pixart Imaging, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 093a:050f Pixart Imaging, Inc. Mars-Semi Pc-Camera.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 093a:050f Pixart Imaging, Inc. Mars-Semi Pc-Camera

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 093a:050f, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 093a:050f. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=093a, idProduct=050f.

Windows

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

USB\VID_093A&PID_050F
USB\VID_093A&PID_050F&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_093A&PID_050F"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Mars-Semi Pc-Camera:
      Product ID: 0x050f
      Vendor ID: 0x093a  (Pixart Imaging, 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:

093a  Pixart Imaging, Inc.
	050f  Mars-Semi Pc-Camera

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