Is the default Mac address inside nRF51822 purchased from IEEE?
Is the default Mac address inside nRF51822 purchased from IEEE?
No, the default MAC address that is programmed into the FICR registers of the nRF51822 during production is a randomly generated static address. From the Bluetooth Core specification, Volume 6 Part B, Section 1.3 DEVICE ADDRESS
A static address is a 48-bit randomly generated address and shall meet the following requirements:
- The two most significant bits of the static address shall be equal to ‘1’
- All bits of the random part of the static address shall not be equal to ‘1’
- All bits of the random part of the static address shall not be equal to ‘0’
A device may choose to initialize its static address to a new value after each power cycle. A device shall not change its static address value once initialized until the device is power cycled.
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