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Does anyone know of a low cost way of getting a Product ID for a commercial product? I've been working on software for an embedded board and am using the USB po

Does anyone know of a low cost way of getting a Product ID for a commercial product? I've been working on software for an embedded board and am using the USB port as a debug port. It works fine now as a USB serial link, but it would be nice to have our own PID, just not worth $5000 for a single product.

TrueTom 8y ago
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?caniuseftdisvidformypr.htm http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?can...
Taniwha 8y ago
I have two of those OpenMoko USB IDs that I use for commercial products - they're open source of course
CamperBob2 8y ago
You can license PIDs inexpensively from MCS Electronics in the Netherlands. They bought VID 16D0 before the USB IF prohibited reselling product IDs. At this point I believe 16D0 has been revoked by the asshats at USB IF, but that's not the customer's problem. It's not as if they'll ever be able to assign VID 16D0 to anyone else.
jdietrich 8y ago
Many IC manufacturers provide free sub-licensed PIDs from their own VID allocation. https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/software-development-tools/lpc-developer-resources-/usb-vid-pid-program:USB-VID-PID-PROGRAM https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/software-dev... http://www.microchip.com/usblicensing http://www.microchip.com/usblicensing https://www.silabs.com/products/interface/request-product-id https://www.silabs.com/products/interface/request-product-id http://www.ti.com/en/download/mcu/application_for_sublicense.pdf http://www.ti.com/en/download/mcu/application_for_sublicense...
Kliment 8y ago
You can buy one from a dutch company that got their VID before the terrorists of the USB-IF tried to unilaterally change contract terms after the fact to prevent subrange resale: https://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=92&category_id=20&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1 https://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&...

TrueTom 8y ago

http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?caniuseftdisvidformypr.htm http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?can...

Taniwha 8y ago

I have two of those OpenMoko USB IDs that I use for commercial products - they're open source of course

CamperBob2 8y ago

You can license PIDs inexpensively from MCS Electronics in the Netherlands. They bought VID 16D0 before the USB IF prohibited reselling product IDs. At this point I believe 16D0 has been revoked by the asshats at USB IF, but that's not the customer's problem. It's not as if they'll ever be able to assign VID 16D0 to anyone else.

jdietrich 8y ago

Many IC manufacturers provide free sub-licensed PIDs from their own VID allocation. https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/software-development-tools/lpc-developer-resources-/usb-vid-pid-program:USB-VID-PID-PROGRAM https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/software-dev... http://www.microchip.com/usblicensing http://www.microchip.com/usblicensing https://www.silabs.com/products/interface/request-product-id https://www.silabs.com/products/interface/request-product-id http://www.ti.com/en/download/mcu/application_for_sublicense.pdf http://www.ti.com/en/download/mcu/application_for_sublicense...

Kliment 8y ago

You can buy one from a dutch company that got their VID before the terrorists of the USB-IF tried to unilaterally change contract terms after the fact to prevent subrange resale: https://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=92&category_id=20&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1 https://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&...