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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Where does the MAC address come from?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/341/where-does-the-mac-address-come-from</link><description>My project has moved off the devboard and onto prototype PCBAs. I notice that they all seem to have unique MAC IDs on the air! I&amp;#39;m not complaining (one less thing to worry about) but where does that MAC ID come from? Is it serialized in the nRF51822 chips</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:24:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/341/where-does-the-mac-address-come-from" /><item><title>RE: Where does the MAC address come from?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/1793?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:24:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:920c0838-4122-46bb-9757-0a95828b7806</guid><dc:creator>koniho</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Since the MAC address is random, is there not a uniqueness guarantee? Is the MAC address editable?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Where does the MAC address come from?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/1794?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:22:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:27dd6a6a-9a58-497e-8ad9-2ce5f09bea1d</guid><dc:creator>Ole Morten</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The registers in question are NRF_FICR-&amp;gt;DEVICEADDR[0] and [1]. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Where does the MAC address come from?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/1792?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:54:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:675bc8c0-f515-4a97-8c6b-de3f91cbcbad</guid><dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi there,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Bluetooth address is a random number stored in a special register in flash during chip manufacturing. The SoftDevice loads this number and sets it as the default address every time it&amp;#39;s enabled.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carles&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>