Bluetooth Beacon for Indoor Navigation has emerged as a groundbreaking technology in the field of location - based services. It offers a reliable and cost - effective way to navigate…
Bluetooth module plays a crucial role in various projects, from simple consumer electronics to complex industrial applications. Selecting the right Bluetooth module is essential to ensure the success of…
Why Wire-Free Updates Matter Desoldering a 3 mm QFN to fix a typo is nobody’s idea of fun. A Bluetooth module with over-the-air (OTA) capability turns the radio itself into…
UART, SPI, I2C—Why They Still Matter A Bluetooth module may speak 2.4 GHz on the air, but on the PCB it chats through old-school copper: UART for console confessions, SPI…
What Is a Beacon Protocol? A beacon protocol is the set of rules that tells a thumb-sized radio how often to speak, what to say, and how loudly to say…
What Exactly Is a Beacon Transmitter? A beacon transmitter is a thumb-sized Bluetooth Low Energy radio that broadcasts a short packet at fixed intervals—typically once per second—without ever expecting a…
Silicon at a Glance The nRF52832 arrived in 2016 with a 64 MHz Cortex-M4 and 512 kB of flash, while the nRF52840 landed a year later boasting a 64 MHz…
What Exactly Is a Low Power Beacon? Imagine a matchbox that clears its throat once every second on the 2.4 GHz band, then dozes for the rest of the second.…
What Exactly Is a Custom Beacon? A custom beacon is a Bluetooth Low Energy transmitter that has been prised off the shelf, stripped of its generic plastic, and rebuilt to…
nRF 52840 Bluetooth Module: A First Look The nRF 52840 Bluetooth module is a postage-stamp slab of Nordic silicon wrapped in a 3.5 mm QFN package, yet it crams a…