Articles and iBeacon and Eddystone Beacons

Benefits of Beacons

Discover how beacons might help your organisation

What are Beacons?

Learn what beacons are and the difference between iBeacon and Eddystone. Read how beacons are configured and how to compare beacons

Ways to Use Beacons

Find out how beacons can be used. Dig deeper and discover opportunities that have yet to be fully exploited

Using Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)

How Beacons fit with Bluetooth LE

iOS and Android Apps

Learn how smartphone apps see beacons and work with servers to fetch information. Discover ready-made apps to experiment with beacons

Bluetooth Software Development Services

Read about our software development services

Beacon Implementation Types

Trigger Data and Beacon Servers

Choices where to store the beacon trigger data

Complete Solutions

Read how we create beacon-based solutions

Beacons and the Bluetooth Mesh

Learn about mesh beacons

Bluetooth Direction Finding

Learn about Bluetooth Direction Finding

Using Bluetooth with LoRa™ and LoRaWAN®

Learn about Bluetooth and LoRa

Beacons for Workplace Social Distancing and Contact Tracing

Social Distancing Tech Wearables

Asset and Pallet Tracking for Manufacturers

Using beacons in manufacturing

Using Bluetooth Wireless Sensors

How to use

Beacons in Education

Learn about beacons in education

Beacons in Transportation

Using beacons in transportation

Beacons in Events and Visitor Spaces

Read about beacons in events and visitor spaces

Beacons in Hospitality

All about beacons in hospitality

Beacons in Life Sciences

Beacon in Life Sciences

Beacons for Marketing

Discover beacons for marketing

Beacons in Industry and the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR)

About the 4th Industrial Revolution

AI Machine Learning with Beacons

Read about machine learning

Using Beacons, iBeacons for Real-time Locating Systems (RTLS)

How to use beacons, iBeacons for RTLS and LBS

Beacon Proximity and Sensing for the Internet of Things (IoT)

How to use sensor and proximity beacons for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Tally App

All about our beacon-based Tally app that counts people and things

Choosing UUID, Major, Minor and Eddystone-UID For Beacons

Advice on what values to set for the beacon unique ids

Choosing an Advertising Interval

Tips on what to set for the advertising interval

Choosing the Transmitted Power

Understanding and determining the transmitted power

Determining Location Using Bluetooth Beacons

Notes on finding the user or beacon position

Generic Beacons

About generic beacons

One Beacon Type or Many?

Consider if it might be better to use a mix of beacon types

Ankhmaway Technical Information

User guides, apps, SDKs and videos.

KKM Technical Area

Wellcore Technical Information

User guides, apps and SDKs.

AprilBrother Technical Information

Specification, apps and SDKs.

Rodsum Technical Area

Rodsum technical information and app

Sato Technical Information

Sato technical information

Kaipule Technical Area

Kaipule technical information

Moko Technical Information

Read the Moko Technical Information

BlueUp Technical Information

BlueUp technical information

Feasycom Technical Area

VSN Mobil Technical Area

User guide and iOS/Android samples

TZone Technical Area

TZone Apps and User Guide

INGICS Technical Information

Documentation

Minew Technical Information

Minew apps and sdks

Axaet Technical Information

App and user guide

Meeblue Technical Information

User guides

BeaconRTLS™ Technical Information

Get started with BeaconRTLS™

BeaconServer™ Technical Information

Get started with BeaconServer™