what is the difference "experimental_ble_app_eddystone" and "nrf5-sdk-for-eddystone" ?

[Nijat]

I am trying to implementing eddystone for my nRF52832 and I found two library.

One is with the "/examples/ble_peripheral/experimental_ble_app_eddystone" inside nRF5-sdk and another is "nrf5-sdk-for-eddystone".

I tried both demo and both of them works fine. But I do not know which one I will use for my beacon development, they have totally different code structure.

[ketil]

Hi Nijat,

The nrf5-sdk-for-eddystone on GitHub is the older version. You should definitely use the experimental_ble_app_eddystone which is available in the SDK. This version has undergone a lot more testing and will also be kept up to date.

Please note that in the later SDKs the Eddystone example no longer has experimental status. If possible I would recommend that you use the Eddystone Beacon Application as your starting point.

Ketil

[Nijat]

In the nrf5-sdk-for-eddystone on GitHub, I found :

EddystoneService.h
EddystoneTypes.h
Eddystone_config.h
EIDFrame.h
TLMFrame.h	
UIDFrame.h
URLFrame.h
aes_eax.h

which are most important part. And also the encryption function too.

But inside "experimental_ble_app_eddystone", I found none of them. So starting from "experimental_ble_app_eddystone", we no more need those code above ?

[ketil]

Yes, you do not need any of the files from nrf5-sdk-for-eddystone if you work with experimental_ble_app_eddystone. All the functionality is still there but the firmware structure is different.

As mentioned earlier, we recommend that you use the Eddystone Beacon Application from one of the later SDKs.

Ketil

[Nijat]

Yes, I am using the "iOS Eddystone Scanner Sample Application" to observe the Eddystone device.

Thank you Ketil