BLE beacon using Eddystone
Description: Eddystone is an open beacon protocol developed by Google that allows beacons to send radio signals with a webpage address (URL) to any mobile device.
Steps to Install:
Update the packages using below command if it is not up to date:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgradeCopy paste the below command in the terminal to switch on Brainy Pi's Bluetooth device.
sudo hciconfig hci0 up
Copy paste the below command to switch on the Low Energy Advertising mode, and set it to the Nonconnectable undirected advertising mode.
sudo hciconfig hci0 leadv 3
You can generate a command to broadcast URL of your choice as an Eddystone beacon by utilizing the script by going to the Yencarnacion’s Eddystone Calculator and type your URL into the textbox and press
ENTER
.
Useful for: Advertising, indoor navigation, notification and interaction.
Link to original project: https://github.com/google/eddystone
Link to Youtube Video: