Re: [Libusb-devel] USB VID/PID for open source projects

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Peter Stuge <pe...@st...> wrote:
> The only solution is to get a VID ($2k one-time) for yourself,

I've come to the same conclusion now...

> or to have a group of people set up an organization solely for this purpose
> and while that would not be a problem there will still always be some
> strings attached.

I think this organization idea has never happened...

> For the organization to get some traction there
> will need to be an agreed-upon criteria for pid allocation. 64k is
> many pids, but it's still a finite pool, and there are lots of
> students who create a USB device as part of some course. The
> organization also needs some kind of administration..

That is indeed the case. The company I work for does not
have many USB device out there but we do have a USB
PID allocation scheme within the company. And there are
many other unique ID assignment schemes within the
company, for example, the Ethernet Mac IDs, the
product IDs within various product families, unique
IDs across the CIP ( Common Industrial Protocol)
networks, etc. So it does incur cost in admin and
manufacturing.


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