0a5c:bd1e BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter

Broadcom Corp.

Vendor ID
0a5c
Product ID
bd1e
Combined
0a5c:bd1e
Decimal
2652:48414

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter manufactured by Broadcom Corp.. The vendor ID 0a5c is registered to Broadcom Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and bd1e is the product ID that Broadcom Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0a5c:bd1e Broadcom Corp. BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:bd1e Broadcom Corp. BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0a5c:bd1e, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0a5c:bd1e. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=bd1e.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0A5C&PID_BD1E
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_BD1E&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0A5C&PID_BD1E"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter:
      Product ID: 0xbd1e
      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.
	bd1e  BCM43143 802.11bgn (1x1) Wireless Adapter

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