2dc8:ab21 — SF30 gamepad
8BitDo
- Vendor ID
- 2dc8
- Product ID
- ab21
- Combined
- 2dc8:ab21
- Decimal
- 11720:43809
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a SF30 gamepad manufactured by 8BitDo. The vendor ID 2dc8 is registered to 8BitDo with the USB Implementers Forum, and ab21 is the product ID that 8BitDo assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2dc8:ab21 8BitDo SF30 gamepad.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2dc8:ab21 8BitDo SF30 gamepad
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2dc8:ab21, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2dc8:ab21. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2dc8, idProduct=ab21.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_2DC8&PID_AB21 USB\VID_2DC8&PID_AB21&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2DC8&PID_AB21"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
SF30 gamepad:
Product ID: 0xab21
Vendor ID: 0x2dc8 (8BitDo)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:
2dc8 8BitDo ab21 SF30 gamepad