BLE Beacon Firmware
Proximity & Location
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
Firmware Components
- BLE advertising manager
- Power optimization
- Configuration storage (NVS)
- Battery monitoring
- Watchdog timer
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.
View platformnRF52810
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.
View platformnRF52832
Cost-effective Bluetooth 5.4 SoC with 512KB Flash and 64KB RAM, ideal for wearables, beacons, and low-power sensor applications.
View platformnRF52840
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.
View platformnRF54L05
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.
View platformESP32-C3
Cost-effective RISC-V single-core Wi-Fi and BLE 5.0 chip. A great choice for simple connected devices where cost and power matter.
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