BLE Beacon
Bluetooth Low Energy beacon for indoor positioning, proximity marketing, and asset presence detection. Optimized for years of battery life on a coin cell.
Bluetooth Low Energy beacon for indoor positioning, proximity marketing, and asset presence detection. Optimized for years of battery life on a coin cell.
Key Features
- iBeacon/Eddystone compatible
- Configurable advertising
- Ultra-low power consumption
- Coin cell battery operation
- Remote configuration via BLE
- Temperature sensing
Firmware Components
- BLE advertising manager
- Power optimization
- Configuration storage (NVS)
- Battery monitoring
- Watchdog timer
Protocols
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Recommended Hardware
nRF52805
Ultra-compact, cost-optimized BLE 5.4 SoC with 192KB Flash and 24KB RAM. The smallest, most affordable chip in the nRF52 series for simple BLE applications.
nRF52810
Cost-optimized BLE 5.4 SoC with 192KB Flash and 24KB RAM, featuring hardware SWI and NFC-A tag. Ideal for high-volume BLE peripherals and beacons.
nRF52832
Cost-effective Bluetooth 5.4 SoC with 512KB Flash and 64KB RAM, ideal for wearables, beacons, and low-power sensor applications.
nRF52840
Advanced multiprotocol SoC with 1MB Flash, 256KB RAM, and USB support. The go-to chip for Bluetooth 5.4, Thread, Zigbee, and 802.15.4 applications.
nRF54L05
Entry-level nRF54L series SoC with ARM Cortex-M33 and RISC-V co-processor. Ultra-low-power BLE 5.4 with 512KB Flash — the most affordable chip in the nRF54L family.
Ready-Made Solution Recipes
nRF52832 BLE Beacon
Build an ultra-low-power BLE beacon with the nRF52832 — iBeacon/Eddystone compatible with years of coin cell battery life for indoor positioning and proximity detection.
nRF52810 BLE Beacon
Build a cost-optimized BLE beacon with the nRF52810 — iBeacon and Eddystone compatible with years of coin-cell battery life at the lowest BOM cost in the nRF52 series.
nRF54L05 Ultra-Low-Power Beacon
Build a next-generation ultra-low-power BLE beacon with the nRF54L05 — combining the latest CRACEN security hardware with the nRF54L series' record-breaking sleep current for 5+ year coin-cell life.
Smart Lighting Controller
Networked lighting control system supporting dimming, color temperature, scenes, and schedules over BLE Mesh, Thread, or Zigbee for residential and commercial use.
BLE Audio Device
Bluetooth LE Audio device supporting LC3 codec, Auracast broadcast audio, and hearing aid compatibility for next-generation wireless audio products.