How to get 6 byte mac address at nrf51822

[Lee YongKwan]

When I scan BLE device at nRF UARTv2.0 App in Android4.4, it is appar device name(Ex:Nordic_UART) and 6 byte device address(MAC address?). I want to include mac address in device name. How to get 6 byte mac address at nrf51822?

[uly]

You can also use nrfgo studio, run a BLE relevant example (e.g. ble_app_proximity), programming the ble_app_proximity.hex file. Then use your phone (bluetooth enabled) to find the device.

[Artem Zemlyanukhin]

Hi,

Can Nordic MAC address be the same as MAC address of BLE Soc made by another Vendor? As I understand, your MAC address is not an unique address where the first 3 bytes mean Vendor name (www.coffer.com/.../).

[Håkon Alseth]

The BLE address we provide is a random static address, which means that it is random generated. This does not use any vendor name. The high order of randomness (46 bits are random) in this type of address does not provide 100 % security wrt. two devices having the same address, but the probability is quite low.

[Artem Zemlyanukhin]

Håkon, thank you for response!

[CeDeROM]

So numbers are random but not legitimate IEEE RA registered?

Chips will work for testing but for production I need to buy my own MAC address space?