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For an ethernet project I do, I need to store the Ethernet Shield's MAC address. I store it like that:

byte mac[] = { 0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0x0F, 0xE1, 0x85 };

That works OK, but in my project I need all the SRAM available, so every byte of memory is important. I've used the F() macro and PROGMEM everywhere, but I couldn't manage to store the MAC byte array in the PROGMEM.

How can I store it in PROGMEM? Is it even possible?

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    Try "const byte mac[] PROGMEM = { ... };" arduino.cc/en/Reference/PROGMEM Jan 16, 2016 at 11:30
  • MAC addresses are usually configurable, so I'd rather store it in EEPROM. Jan 16, 2016 at 17:34
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    Since the original question indicated the OP was having trouble accessing PROGMEM, s/he may also have problems with EEPROM. Could you perhaps expand your answer with a code snippet that illustrates how your suggestion would work?
    – Nick Gammon
    Jan 17, 2016 at 3:54
  • As it stands, this would make more sense as a comment. But if you can address the OP's issue – how to store the MAC address outside of SRAM then it would be a good answer.
    – dlu
    Jan 17, 2016 at 8:22

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See Putting constant data into program memory (PROGMEM) for tips about putting stuff into PROGMEM. However personally I wouldn't get too excited about saving 6 bytes.


Example code:

Declare data globally:

const byte mac [6] PROGMEM = { 0x90, 0xA2, 0xDA, 0x0F, 0xE1, 0x85 };

Get a copy for use into a temporary variable:

  char foo [6];
  memcpy_P (foo, mac, sizeof foo);

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