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How to get a PID code
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0. Prerequisites

If your project does not meet the following criteria, your pull request will be rejected:

  • Publicly available source code repository...
  • Containing schematics or source code for a device with a USB interface...
  • Licensed under a recognized open source or open source hardware license. Your source code repository must contain a LICENSE file attesting to this fact.

If your project doesn't yet meet these requirements, please hold off requesting a PID until it does. Don't worry, we're not likely to run out of PIDs soon.

1. Fork us

Create a fork of our repository on GitHub.

2. Set up your organisation page

Create a directory named after your organisation in the org directory. Create a file inside it called index.md and add the following content:

---
layout: org
title: My organisation
---
A short description of my organisation and what it does.

If it's just you, that's fine too - put your own name and a short blurb about you and what you do.

3. Find a VID and PID

Browse the list of PIDs for an unused PID number. You may request any number that is not in use, except those reserved as described on the VID page. Note that PIDs on our existing VID, 0x1209, may not start with 0x1xxx - this range is reserved by the original owners of the VID.

When you've found a PID, create a directory named after it in the VID directory. So, if you picked PID 2345 on VID 1209, create a directory with the path /1209/2345/. Inside it, create a file called index.md and add the following content:

---
layout: pid
title: My device name
owner: myorg
license: MIT
site: http://www.mysite.com/
source: http://github.com/myorg/mydevice/
---

For the owner field, specify the name of the directory you created for your organisation in step 2. For license, you must name a valid open-source license; pull requests that do not have this field filled out correctly will be rejected.

The site field may point to any relevant URL about your project. The source field must point to a URL at which users can find the source code for your device; this includes both PCB designs and firmware. This does not have to be on GitHub.

Under the second triple-dashed line, you may write a short description of your project, if you wish; this is not mandatory.

4. Send us a pull request

Commit your changes to your fork of the repository with a descriptive commit message, and send us a pull request. Pull requests will only be accepted if they follow the rules laid out for the VID you are requesting a PID under. If this is not your first PID, or you're requesting multiple PIDs, we may ask for more details and justification. Once we accept your pull request, your registration will go live and appear on pid.codes.