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Beacon Transmitter: The Low-Noise Workhorse of Proximity Tech

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…

nRF52832 VS nRF52840: Choosing the Right Bluetooth Workhorse

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…

Low Power Beacon: The Art of Whispering for a Decade

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.…

Custom Beacon: Tailoring the Radio to Fit the Brand

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: The Swiss Army Knife of 2.4 GHz Radios

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…

Indoor Positioning Beacon: The Lighthouse Inside Buildings

What Exactly Is an Indoor Positioning Beacon? An indoor positioning beacon is a coin-sized radio that coughs out a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy packet once every second. It never…

Proximity Beacon: The Pocket-Sized Radar of Modern Life

What Is a Proximity Beacon? A proximity beacon is a thumb-sized Bluetooth Low Energy radio that coughs out a short packet once every second, sometimes faster, sometimes slower. It never…

Asset Tracking Beacon: The Silent Sentinel of Modern Logistics

What Exactly Is an Asset Tracking Beacon? An asset tracking beacon is a palm-sized, battery-powered radio that shouts its name once every second, once every minute, or once every hour—whatever…

Bluetooth 6.0: The Next Leap Forward in Wireless Connectivity

Bluetooth 6.0: A First Look at the Future In January 2024 the Bluetooth SIG quietly released version 6.0 of the core specification. On paper the jump from 5.4 looks incremental,…

Bluetooth Channel Deep Dive

What Exactly Is a Bluetooth Channel? When someone says “Bluetooth channel,” they usually mean one of the seventy-nine 1 MHz slices—or, in BLE, forty 2 MHz slices—that the protocol uses…