15a2:004e — i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode manufactured by Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.. The vendor ID 15a2 is registered to Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 004e is the product ID that Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 15a2:004e Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 15a2:004e Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 15a2:004e, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 15a2:004e. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=15a2, idProduct=004e.

Windows

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

USB\VID_15A2&PID_004E
USB\VID_15A2&PID_004E&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_15A2&PID_004E"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode:
      Product ID: 0x004e
      Vendor ID: 0x15a2  (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.)

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:

15a2  Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
	004e  i.MX53 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode

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