MiniBeacon
MiniBeacon is an iBeacon (designed by Apple) implementation with CC2540 SoC.
Requirement
This firmware is designed for and tested on RedBearLab's BLE Mini development board, but it should work on other CC2540 platforms with some modifications (since we store beacon data in BLE Mini's EEPROM).
QuickStart
The BLE Mini can load the MiniBeacon firmware (MiniBeacon-YYYYMMDD.bin) via the USB update. After that, you can use Apple's AirLocate App to see the beacon.
You need to compile the AirLocate App using XCode, but you can search for other 3rd party Apps in the AppStore.
We also provides an App for MiniBeacon maintenance, such as setting the beacon UUID, marjor and minor values, etc.
To enter the MiniBeacon maintenance mode, press the button on the BLE Mini and it will wait for a connection.
*** Note that, the USB update is not compatible with Windows 8.1 ***
Compilation
If you want to modify the source code, then you need to compile it. You need IAR 8051 C compiler (version 8.20.2) and TI CC254x BLE SDK (version 1.4). They are only available on Windows platform.
Credits
Thanks @BohanLu, provides an Android version of configuration tool for this MiniBeacon firmware.
Resources
- BLE Mini product brief
http://redbearlab.com/blemini/
- BLE Mini resources on GitHub
https://github.com/RedBearLab/BLEMini
License
Copyright (c) 2014 RedBearLab
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