Can BLUNO receive iBeacon signal and determine the distance?
MurbiesWalto 2022-11-11 22:10:08 1283 Views2 Replies I'm trying to make a project where BLUNO will act as the receiver of BLE signal. An event (Buzz, LCD, vibration, etc..) will be activated when the iBeacon gets out of range. I already have the BLUNO with the latest software. I will buy an iBeacon with Apple standards. For now I'm using an iPhone to simulate it.
I want to confirm if BLUNO can act as a receiver rather than an iBeacon itself.
How can I receive the RSSI and derive distance from it? Any libraries or sources?
BLUNO is based on the TI CC2540, which can scan for bluetooth devices if flashed with custom firmware. I am not aware of any custom firmware that is designed to send beacon scan results from the BLUNO, but in theory it should be possible if you are willing to dig down deep and write your own firmware.
RedBear Labs has a couple of decent firmware examples for the CC2540 including ones that do scanning:
https://redbearlab.zendesk.com/entries/72966016-BLE-Mini-Tutorials
See here for how to flash custom firmware on the CC2540 using BLUNO:
https://www.dfrobot.com/wiki/index.php/Bluno_SKU:DFR0267#Update_BLE_Firmware_on_Bluno.EF.BC.88AT.2BVERSION_to_check_the_version.EF.BC.89 / https://chatrandom.download / https://www.developerbook.net/
ManjotSnithcarl Hi, Sorry, bluno cannot communicate with ibeacon for the time being, we have no corresponding library file
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