0a5c:217f — BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)
Broadcom Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 0a5c
- Product ID
- 217f
- Combined
- 0a5c:217f
- Decimal
- 2652:8575
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) manufactured by Broadcom Corp.. The vendor ID 0a5c is registered to Broadcom Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 217f is the product ID that Broadcom Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0a5c:217f, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0a5c:217f. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=217f.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_217F USB\VID_0A5C&PID_217F&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0A5C&PID_217F"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
BCM2045B (BDC-2.1):
Product ID: 0x217f
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. 217f BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)