Description

This reference design discusses Bluetooth® low energy beacons and provides sample projects for three different beacon broadcasting formats: iBeacon™ location and proximity detection technology: Eddystone™ and a proprietary protocol. With the flexibility of the TI BLE-Stack 2.2 software running on TI SimpleLink™ Bluetooth low energy wireless microcontrollers (MCUs): it allows the customer to choose the format that will best fit their design regarding connectable vs. non-connectable advertisements and what information should be included in those packets.There are many formats that are being used for beacon applications today: so having three possibilities allows developers to create beacons which are compatible with more products. Applications include micro-location services and asset tracking: as well as other Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This design is very low power and easy-to-use: and provides sample projects that can easily be modified and extended for various applications: for both connectable and non-connectable beacons.