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VID/PID Hardware ID simulation

In your Arduino setup, you can easily define which VID, PID, and USB product name you want to simulate. To override these variables without modifying the Arduino core, simply create a boards.local.txt file in your Arduino profile path (e.g. on Linux: ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.8.7). You can find ideas for USB IDs at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids.

Official USB ID from Arduino

boards.local.txt
leonardo.build.vid=0x2341
leonardo.build.pid=0x8036
leonardo.build.usb_product="Arduino Leonardo"