0cf3:0003 — AR5523
Qualcomm Atheros Communications
- Vendor ID
- 0cf3
- Product ID
- 0003
- Combined
- 0cf3:0003
- Decimal
- 3315:3
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a AR5523 manufactured by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The vendor ID 0cf3 is registered to Qualcomm Atheros Communications with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0003 is the product ID that Qualcomm Atheros Communications assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0cf3:0003 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR5523.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:0003 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR5523
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0cf3:0003, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0cf3:0003. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=0003.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0CF3&PID_0003 USB\VID_0CF3&PID_0003&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0CF3&PID_0003"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
AR5523:
Product ID: 0x0003
Vendor ID: 0x0cf3 (Qualcomm Atheros Communications)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. Qualcomm Atheros Communications official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0cf3 Qualcomm Atheros Communications 0003 AR5523