First time with beacons.. need some help ;)

[budders84]

Hello! Just got a few NRF51822's.. looking to just brodcast a few basic URL's.. if someone can point me in the right direction or maybe let me know where I can hire someone to walk me through the process that would be great.. dont need any other special functionality.. whats the quickest/easiest way to get these setup? I come from a computer background, novice programmer etc etc.. I'd like to get these setup quick though..

[MANGO]

Hi, budders84.

looking to just brodcast a few basic URL's..

How about using the Eddystone Beacon?

Nordic has already prepared examples related to Eddystone Beacon.

Hope this will help.

/ Edited 2017.10.14 /

• development board: PCA10040 v1.1.0

• used ble_app_eddystone example from SDK14

• App: nRF Connect 4.14

• Phone: Samsung Galaxy 7 with Android 7.0

This example makes the nRF52 chip to advertise www.nordicsemi.com

-Best Regards, MANGO

[MANGO]

Q0: Is it able to brodcast a eddystone like Url with some work?

A0: Yes, open the Nordic's Eddystone beacon project from SDK/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_eddystone using for preferrable IDE such as Keil MDK, IAR EWARM, or more.

Or copy and paste the hex file into the PCA10040 board.

This example makes the nRF52 to advertise Nordic's URL, as you see in my edited answer.

Q1: what would be entailed?

A1:

• An IDE, like Keil, IAR, SEGGER ES, etc, or GCC compiler to build Nordic's project

• Android/iOS Mobile BLE App

• A development kit, like PCA10040 or PCA10028, or a custom board that has Nordic's MCU populated

Check Nordic’s tutorial.

Q2: I dont want nearby users to have to download an app which i think is the only way to get this thing to communicate the eddystone url like I want

A2: Bad news, an app is essential.

-BR