174f:8a12 — Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera

Syntek

Vendor ID: 174f
Product ID: 8a12
Combined: 174f:8a12
Decimal: 5967:35346

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera manufactured by Syntek. The vendor ID 174f is registered to Syntek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 8a12 is the product ID that Syntek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 174f:8a12 Syntek Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:8a12 Syntek Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 174f:8a12, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 174f:8a12. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=174f, idProduct=8a12.

Windows

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

USB\VID_174F&PID_8A12
USB\VID_174F&PID_8A12&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_174F&PID_8A12"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera:
      Product ID: 0x8a12
      Vendor ID: 0x174f  (Syntek)

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:

174f  Syntek
	8a12  Syntek 0.3MPixel USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera

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