SWRA475A January   2015  – October 2016 CC2540 , CC2540T , CC2541 , CC2541-Q1

 

  1.   Bluetooth low energy Beacons
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 What is a Beacon?
    3. 2 Bluetooth low energy and Bluetooth Smart
      1. 2.1 Non-Connectable Beacons
      2. 2.2 Connectable Beacons
      3. 2.3 Data Packet
      4. 2.4 Device Address
        1. 2.4.1 Flags
        2. 2.4.2 Manufacturer Specific Data
      5. 2.5 Broadcast Interval
      6. 2.6 Power
      7. 2.7 Range
      8. 2.8 Coexistence
    4. 3 Designing a Bluetooth low energy Beacon
      1. 3.1 Development Kits
      2. 3.2 Creating a Beacon Application With TI Bluetooth low energy-Stack
    5. 4 iBeacon Implementation
      1. 4.1 Overview and Prerequisites
      2. 4.2 Design and Implementation
      3. 4.3 Testing
    6. 5 Proprietary Implementation
      1. 5.1 Overview and Prerequisites
      2. 5.2 Design and Implementation
      3. 5.3 Testing
    7. 6 References
  2.   Revision History

3 Designing a Bluetooth low energy Beacon

As with any design, there are always parameters that can be optimized to a certain cost, by weighting the different trade-offs. One example is the broadcasting interval. Choosing a lower interval increases the probability to be observed by a peer device quicker, although the power consumption is also increased.