0a5c:2150 — BCM2046 Bluetooth Device

Broadcom Corp.

Vendor ID: 0a5c
Product ID: 2150
Combined: 0a5c:2150
Decimal: 2652:8528

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a BCM2046 Bluetooth Device manufactured by Broadcom Corp.. The vendor ID 0a5c is registered to Broadcom Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2150 is the product ID that Broadcom Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0a5c:2150 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046 Bluetooth Device.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:2150 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046 Bluetooth Device

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0a5c:2150, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0a5c:2150. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=2150.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2150
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2150&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0A5C&PID_2150"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    BCM2046 Bluetooth Device:
      Product ID: 0x2150
      Vendor ID: 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.)

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:

0a5c  Broadcom Corp.
	2150  BCM2046 Bluetooth Device

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