27c6:538c — Fingerprint Reader
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd.
- Vendor ID
- 27c6
- Product ID
- 538c
- Combined
- 27c6:538c
- Decimal
- 10182:21388
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Fingerprint Reader manufactured by Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd.. The vendor ID 27c6 is registered to Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 538c is the product ID that Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 27c6:538c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Fingerprint Reader.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 27c6:538c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Fingerprint Reader
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 27c6:538c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 27c6:538c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=27c6, idProduct=538c.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_27C6&PID_538C USB\VID_27C6&PID_538C&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_27C6&PID_538C"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Fingerprint Reader:
Product ID: 0x538c
Vendor ID: 0x27c6 (Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd.)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:
27c6 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. 538c Fingerprint Reader