1209:c1b1 Chibitronics Love-to-Code

Generic

Vendor ID
1209
Product ID
c1b1
Combined
1209:c1b1
Decimal
4617:49585

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Chibitronics Love-to-Code manufactured by Generic. The vendor ID 1209 is registered to Generic with the USB Implementers Forum, and c1b1 is the product ID that Generic assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1209:c1b1 Generic Chibitronics Love-to-Code.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1209:c1b1 Generic Chibitronics Love-to-Code

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1209:c1b1, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1209:c1b1. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1209, idProduct=c1b1.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1209&PID_C1B1
USB\VID_1209&PID_C1B1&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1209&PID_C1B1"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Chibitronics Love-to-Code:
      Product ID: 0xc1b1
      Vendor ID: 0x1209  (Generic)

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:

1209  Generic
	c1b1  Chibitronics Love-to-Code

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