16ab:7812 — AR5523 (no firmware)
Global Sun Technology
- Vendor ID
- 16ab
- Product ID
- 7812
- Combined
- 16ab:7812
- Decimal
- 5803:30738
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a AR5523 (no firmware) manufactured by Global Sun Technology. The vendor ID 16ab is registered to Global Sun Technology with the USB Implementers Forum, and 7812 is the product ID that Global Sun Technology assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 16ab:7812 Global Sun Technology AR5523 (no firmware).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16ab:7812 Global Sun Technology AR5523 (no firmware)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 16ab:7812, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 16ab:7812. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=16ab, idProduct=7812.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_16AB&PID_7812 USB\VID_16AB&PID_7812&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_16AB&PID_7812"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
AR5523 (no firmware):
Product ID: 0x7812
Vendor ID: 0x16ab (Global Sun Technology)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:
16ab Global Sun Technology 7812 AR5523 (no firmware)