16c0:05e1 — Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices

This is the USB identifier for a Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices manufactured by Van Ooijen Technische Informatica. The vendor ID 16c0 is registered to Van Ooijen Technische Informatica with the USB Implementers Forum, and 05e1 is the product ID that Van Ooijen Technische Informatica assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 16c0:05e1 Van Ooijen Technische Informatica Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16c0:05e1 Van Ooijen Technische Informatica Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 16c0:05e1, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 16c0:05e1. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=16c0, idProduct=05e1.

Windows

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

USB\VID_16C0&PID_05E1
USB\VID_16C0&PID_05E1&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_16C0&PID_05E1"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices:
      Product ID: 0x05e1
      Vendor ID: 0x16c0  (Van Ooijen Technische Informatica)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

16c0  Van Ooijen Technische Informatica
	05e1  Free shared USB VID/PID pair for CDC devices

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