Have you ever lost and found your wallet? I lost is and found it, but I found it five years later in the bed box during the move to another flat. In the meantime I ordered a new bank card, driving licence and identity card. It was a lot of trouble and it was a […]
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Bluetooth Low Energy – the digital Swiss knife – part 3b
Wireless Technologies for IoT – Antennas and Beacons – training free of charge
Kaufingerstraße 15, 80331 Munich, Germany (map) Donnerstag, 5. Febr 2015 19:00 Source of the text and free of charge registration In our first meetup in 2015 we will cover important wireless technologies for the “last mile” of IoT applications. We will learn how senders and receivers aka antennas and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices can […]
Bluetooth Low Energy – the digital Swiss knife – part 3a
To detect the presence or or to detect something out of range is often an important information. Close to 20 years ago my daughter was hiding behind the curtain during relieve nature. She was sitting behind the curtain at the living room and if we cried for her we got no answer. At out apartment […]
Bluetooth Low Energy – the digital Swiss knife – part 2
As promised I will write some further lines about BLE applications today. The examples shall give you some ideas what to do with Bluetooth Low energy. Bluetooth Low Energy can be used to detect the presence at your laptop on Windows 8. As soon as your BLE key-fob is out of range the screen saver […]
Bluetooth Low Energy – the digital Swiss knife – part 1
What to do with Bluetooth Low Energy? Which applications can we cover? Several short articles shall give you an idea for useful applications on BLE. The first article is related to my lost key-fob. BLE beacon at key-fob (1) Estimated twenty-five years ago I lost my keys at the ruins of Corinth in Greece. I […]
Pan on Bluetooth Low Energy
What is an iBeacon?
iBeacon are radio devives on in 2400 MHz range. They use the new Bluetooth 4.0 specification. BT 4.0 is split in classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy. Bluetooth Low Energy was previously called Bluetooth Ultra Low Power, and in early 2001, was WiBree. “Wi” for wireless, and “Bree” for Bree in the Lord of the […]
Bluetooth Low Energy – BLE – in home automation
Question about Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in home automation to me: Q: I’m working for an IoT start-up and we are looking at BT 4.0 for communication in home automation. We would really like to know about your opinion about BT 4.0, while we have ZigBee and other protocols for home automation, I feel the […]
iBeacon versus Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
For some reasons Apple was brainwashing the whole world. The whole world means that the iBeacon is the only beacon. iBeacons are stupid. iBeacon only really transmit their ID around the clock. Apple has not invented Bluetooth Low Energy. Apple even did not invent the Bluetooth Low Energy beacon. They just registered the trademark iBeacon […]