Revolutionizing Mobile Apps In-Context

About me…

@jeffprestes

Developer Advocate

Java, PHP, JavaScript Developer

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What is not a beacon ?

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What is beacon?

Bluetooth Low Energy = Bluetooth Smart =

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What is a beacon ?

A movie is worth a 1000 slides, so…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrRS8qRYXCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QFrZjvp2E0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8h_i8qv1FY

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An example

Let’s play…

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requirements

Install it

Let’s Bluetooth ON

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How it works? (software perspective)

1. BeaconManager scans Beacons devices

2. Select a Beacon

3. Read Beacon’s data

4. Depends on Beacons RSSI and MeasuredPower calculates

proximity and updates mobile view and beeps interval

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demo

https://github.com/jeffprestes

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Useful information…

Mobile phone detects 2.4Ghz radio waves signals emitted

by Beacon device

RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) is the general metric used to define

the distance of Mobile Phone from Beacon device.

It’s based on TXPower level.

Maximum range ˜70 meters

The Beacon ID is composed by proximityUUID (16 bytes) + major number (2 bytes) + minor number (2 bytes). The minor number can be customized.

Estimote iOS SDK (https://github.com/Estimote/iOS-SDK) and Estimote Android SDK (http://estimote.github.io/Android-SDK/JavaDocs/)

Thanks.

Jeff Prestes

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