Bluetooth
Specifications
Qualification
Advertising
MAC Address
Bluetooth Name
GATT
Transmit Power
Measured Power
Range
RSSI
Mesh
Direction Finding
Hardware
System on a Chip (SoC)
Beacons
iBeacon
Eddystone
Tracker
Sensor
Gateways
Micro:bit
Sniffers
Modules
Manufacturers
Distributors
Programming
iOS
Android
Linux
Windows
Raspberry Pi
ESP32
Golang
Web Bluetooth
Reference
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Beacons are small, usually battery powered, Bluetooth LE devices, that repeatedly send out advertising. They are used for triggering in apps, asset tracking and IoT sensing. There are four main types of beacon, iBeacon, Eddystone, tracker and sensor that mainly differ in their advertising formats and on-board sensors.
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