1a72:1008 — E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller

This is the USB identifier for a E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller manufactured by Physik Instrumente. The vendor ID 1a72 is registered to Physik Instrumente with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1008 is the product ID that Physik Instrumente assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1a72:1008 Physik Instrumente E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a72:1008 Physik Instrumente E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1a72:1008, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1a72:1008. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1a72, idProduct=1008.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1A72&PID_1008
USB\VID_1A72&PID_1008&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1A72&PID_1008"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller:
      Product ID: 0x1008
      Vendor ID: 0x1a72  (Physik Instrumente)

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:

1a72  Physik Instrumente
	1008  E-861 PiezoWalk NEXACT Controller

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