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There's a small label on the back of the RaspberryPi (this is a Pi3, but there's a similar one on the Pi2) that includes a 2D barcode. What's the information on this label?

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For clarity, this one says:

400774
1401
703062
1618

In particular, I notice the 3rd line is the distinct across a few different Pi3's that I checked, while the rest are the same.

To answer a couple questions:

  • The barcode decodes to the same as the text: 400774 1401 703062 1618
  • The MAC address of this Pi is: b8:27:eb:d3:a3:6d. Decimal conversions:
    • d3 == 211, a3 == 163, 6d == 109
    • d3a36d == 13,869,933
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We seem to have an official explanation of what it is, but not precisely what information is on the sticker. According to James H, one of the engineers,

It's a Sony tracking sticker for quality control so they can track when/where it was made etc, in case there are issues.

After being asked about different styles of stickers, he elaborated:

Different factories use different stickers I believe. When I asked the guy who knows about this I showed him one of my boards as an example, which was made in the Sony factory.

Further up in the thread, people speculated that the final 4-digit number is the YYWW manufacture date, which James neither confirmed nor denied. I think it's a pretty safe guess though.

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