18ec:3188 — ARK3188 UVC Webcam
Arkmicro Technologies Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 18ec
- Product ID
- 3188
- Combined
- 18ec:3188
- Decimal
- 6380:12680
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a ARK3188 UVC Webcam manufactured by Arkmicro Technologies Inc.. The vendor ID 18ec is registered to Arkmicro Technologies Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3188 is the product ID that Arkmicro Technologies Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 18ec:3188 Arkmicro Technologies Inc. ARK3188 UVC Webcam.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 18ec:3188 Arkmicro Technologies Inc. ARK3188 UVC Webcam
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 18ec:3188, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 18ec:3188. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=18ec, idProduct=3188.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_18EC&PID_3188 USB\VID_18EC&PID_3188&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_18EC&PID_3188"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
ARK3188 UVC Webcam:
Product ID: 0x3188
Vendor ID: 0x18ec (Arkmicro Technologies 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:
18ec Arkmicro Technologies Inc. 3188 ARK3188 UVC Webcam