Hi,
I want to use beacons in my application. I've noticed that there are 2 examples - beacons and eddystone. Which one should I use?
Thanks!
Hi,
I want to use beacons in my application. I've noticed that there are 2 examples - beacons and eddystone. Which one should I use?
Thanks!
Ok,
But anyway, I couldn't understand - is it possible to send beacon packets and advertise for connection at the same time?
Thanks!
With older Android versions, the connectable/non-connectable status wasn't available - so I don't think that anything should rely upon it ... ?
So do we have another solution for that?
How can the mobile recognize a connection advertisment without search for that and use a lot of power?
A Central cannot see any advertising at all without searching for it!
But what makes you think this takes "a lot of power" ?
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-myths-bluetooth-can-safely-ignore-now/
Ok,
One more thing - I understood that the beacons have the ability to "wake" a mobile device, even if it's on sleep mode. Is that right?
That will give me the option to send beacons to the mobile anytime, and that will trigger the mobile to start scanning, while my nrf device starts connection advertising.
What is your opinion?
Thanks!
I understood that the beacons have the ability to "wake" a mobile device
No, they don't.
Again: the Central has to be scanning to see any advertising at all.
If the Central is not listening (ie, "scanning"), it will not hear anything!
EDIT
However, it could be that the Central has a "low power" mode where the only thing it's doing is scanning - which, as noted above, can be a (relatively) low power operation.
Then, when its scanning detects the advertising, it could wake the rest of the system into "full power" mode.
I understood that the beacons have the ability to "wake" a mobile device
No, they don't.
Again: the Central has to be scanning to see any advertising at all.
If the Central is not listening (ie, "scanning"), it will not hear anything!
EDIT
However, it could be that the Central has a "low power" mode where the only thing it's doing is scanning - which, as noted above, can be a (relatively) low power operation.
Then, when its scanning detects the advertising, it could wake the rest of the system into "full power" mode.
So how does it work with ble headphones, for example?
When turning the headphones on, there is a connection with the mobile. Does the headphones advertise and the mobile always scan for advertisment?
Thanks!
Does the headphones advertise and the mobile always scan for advertisment
Yes.
Although headphones will be BT Classic - not BLE - which is slightly different.
Again, I think you need to do some basic reading-up ...
