55aa:a103 Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader

OnSpec Electronic, Inc.

Vendor ID
55aa
Product ID
a103
Combined
55aa:a103
Decimal
21930:41219

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader manufactured by OnSpec Electronic, Inc.. The vendor ID 55aa is registered to OnSpec Electronic, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a103 is the product ID that OnSpec Electronic, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 55aa:a103 OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 55aa:a103 OnSpec Electronic, Inc. Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 55aa:a103, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 55aa:a103. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=55aa, idProduct=a103.

Windows

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

USB\VID_55AA&PID_A103
USB\VID_55AA&PID_A103&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_55AA&PID_A103"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader:
      Product ID: 0xa103
      Vendor ID: 0x55aa  (OnSpec Electronic, 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:

55aa  OnSpec Electronic, Inc.
	a103  Sandisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia Card Reader

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