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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

You're reading from   Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems Take your first steps in IoT

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461087
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Muhammad Usama bin Aftab Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. BLE and the Internet of Things FREE CHAPTER 2. BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools 3. Building a BLE Central and Peripheral Communication System 4. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons 5. BLE Indoor Navigation Using Estimote Beacons 6. Bluetooth Mesh Technology 7. Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3 8. The Future of Bluetooth Low Energy

Indoor location using the Estimote Location Beacons


Let's first set up indoor location using the iOS app.

Setting up an indoor location using the iOS app

In this section, we will learn to set up basic indoor navigation using Estimote Location Beacons. The simple implementation contains two major components:

Once you download the application, you can register the beacons on Estimote Cloud (as described in the previous section). The next step is to put the beacons on each wall of the room (preferably vertically, at chest height, and in the middle of the wall).  The next step is to start the calibration process in the iOS app. In the calibration process, you will start by placing the phone next to a beacon and letting the app recognize the location. Then walk along the walls of the room and keep on placing the cellphone next to each beacon to register its location....

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