2184:0036 — AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC)
GW Instek
- Vendor ID
- 2184
- Product ID
- 0036
- Combined
- 2184:0036
- Decimal
- 8580:54
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC) manufactured by GW Instek. The vendor ID 2184 is registered to GW Instek with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0036 is the product ID that GW Instek assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2184:0036 GW Instek AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2184:0036 GW Instek AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2184:0036, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2184:0036. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2184, idProduct=0036.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_2184&PID_0036 USB\VID_2184&PID_0036&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2184&PID_0036"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC):
Product ID: 0x0036
Vendor ID: 0x2184 (GW Instek)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:
2184 GW Instek 0036 AFG-125 Function Generator (CDC)