How to choose the best iBeacon device?

This needs to be selected according to your different application scenarios, which can be roughly divided into the following categories:

1. The equipment needs to be deployed for a long time as a positioning infrastructure operation: in this case, you must first consider the continuous working time of the device, the detachable convenience after the battery is used up (you have to consider whether the beacon can be removed when the battery is replaced when the beacon is stuck on the ceiling), etc. Interest-seeking, innovation-micro, etc. have a battery power supply scheme for more than 5 years, and the magnetic adsorption scheme of interest-seeking will be very convenient to disassemble when replacing the battery.

2. The equipment application site is very tall: at this time, the equipment needs to have a temperament, and Yunzi is the first in this regard, followed by M0 and the like.

3. Equipment waterproofing: Some scenarios require outdoor deployment, and it is necessary to emphasize the waterproof equipment at this time. Once the device is waterproof, the battery is non-replaceable and can be used once.

This aspect is good, Xunxi, Weifeisheng, etc. can also be waterproof, but after waterproofing, the equipment will not be as beautiful as non-waterproof.

4. The current market is not transparent in terms of equipment :*, and you can see the clear price on it, but there is no fixed number of how much the batch price will be.

5. Capacity and stability: If the requirements for equipment are very large, the promotion speed is very fast, the requirements for production capacity and stability are very high, 15 years of the industry is the most fierce is the wisdom of the map of the shopping mall promotion, almost a day to deploy 5,000, by the equipment provided by the information to cooperate.

6. Device configuration management tool: This is very important for device applications, especially when it comes to batch configuration management. In this regard, the current large manufacturers such as Xunxi, Weifeisheng, Yunzi, etc. have done a good job, and the retail price of ibeacon made by some small archways is very cheap, but the equipment configuration management tool is not complimentary.

7. The device needs to be powerful: some scenarios need to be as far away as possible to receive the signal, for example, you can shake your device far away when you want to shake it on WeChat. In fact, this idea is not very interesting, the core of the ibeacon application is still the accurate location service, if the distance is 100 meters to start the location service, it will be boring.

Some people once asked if there is a Bluetooth that can radiate 1 km, but in fact, if the Bluetooth radiates 1 km, it cannot be recognized by the National Non-Commission and is illegal. At present, the ibeacon signal power of various companies in the industry should not be much different, which is negligible.

All ibeacon devices on the market are basically with button batteries, to look at the power consumption of the chip, the power consumption is small, the longer the battery is used, followed by the signal coverage of the base station, the rest is the appearance, those are virtual, all the manufacturers recommended by the early batch of WeChat official recommendations are reliable (such as: Yunzi, Zhishi, Bairui Hibeacon, April Brothers, Xunxi, Biken Technology, etc.), now there are many copycats in China, When purchasing equipment, please refer to the following WeChat official recommendation**business!

iBeacon** vendor list.

Consider whether the beacon needs a waterproof function, and some are required to be waterproof when used in outdoor environments;

Considering the stability of the device, the iBeacon performance using foreign Bluetooth low energy chips (such as Nordic, Ti, etc.) will be more stable;

Considering the broadcast range of beacon, the broadcast range is large, and the relative signal coverage is wider. Deploying iBeacon in a certain area will reduce the cost a lot.

Consider whether the configuration of the beacon is simple, for example, the beacon of micro-energy information has mobile app (skylab xbeacon) connection configuration parameters, and there are many parameters that can be set, which makes the use of ibeacon very convenient.

ibeacon hardware can be found Tiangong measurement and control, Bluetooth beacon is real, the practicability is still relatively strong, and there will be no point for 3 months.

Because this Bluetooth chip for Bluetooth Beacon is Nordic's NRF51822, which belongs to the ultra-low energy Bluetooth chip.

4dBm transmit power, covering 70m range, broadcast interval 1000ms, can last for 34 months.

Like Skylab's Bluetooth Beacon VG01 VG02 IP67 waterproof VG05 and Bluetooth work card VD1508, all belong to iBeacon hardware, Beijing Daxing Airport has a layout of our VG05, and the practicability has been affirmed.

Micro-energy information ibeacon: There is magnetic installation, which is convenient in exchange for easy and can also be installed with adhesive stickers. The usage period is generally 1-5 years, and the usage period varies according to the broadcast interval set.

Maybe you should look for Yunliwuli, their ibeacon hardware sells well at home and abroad.

I've used the beacon in the cloud, and it's easier to change the battery, and it looks good. **Cost-effective, you can go to understand, this I don't blow or black.

Then you must be using it for information broadcasting and pushing applications.

The occasion of use may be a little more outdoors, and you need to find the kind of waterproof and dustproof iBeacon base station, such as VG05 Bluetooth beacon.

In addition to waterproofing, standby time is also a consideration, and this thing is rarely disassembled after installation;

iBeacon is a new feature on the iOS 7 for mobile devices released by Apple in September 2013. It works by using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication-enabled devices that use BLE technology to send their own unique ID to their surroundings, and the application software that receives that ID takes action based on that ID. For example, if you set up an iBeacon communication module in a store, you can run an information notification server on your iPhone and iPad, or send discount coupons and store points to customers.

In addition, iBeacon can be used to send information to the application software when the appliance malfunctions or stops working.

After Apple's WWDC 14, there is increased technical support for iBeacon and a clearer plan for its application for indoor maps. Apple has announced dedicated pages such as iBeacon for Developers and Maps for Developers.

As a developer of iBeacon technology, many teams have researched and used it in the use of Bluetooth Low Energy.

ibeacon is generally used in a specific position, as a Bluetooth slave broadcast data packet, this is the most direct application, there are many extended indoor positioning applications can refer to the introduction of micro-energy information manufacturers of ibeacon.

The common uses of ibeacon are summarized as follows:

1. More is to broadcast data packets, push some information to the Bluetooth host, such as mobile phones, commonly found in shopping malls, various activity sites, etc.;

2. Shake the binding, push information based on geographic location information;

3. Bluetooth positioning system, commonly used in active Bluetooth positioning system, used as a fixed RSSI value transmitter, you can refer to the active Bluetooth positioning system of micro-energy information.

Share some classic cases of Zhishi Technology's use of ibeacon.

1. Guided tour of museums and scenic spots.

2. In shopping malls and parking lots, indoor positioning and navigation, guide to the store, and push information based on accurate location.

3. In kindergartens and nursing homes, monitor the location of children and the elderly, record the trajectory of movements, monitor personnel, alarm in and out of the area, locate everyone in the area, view and search the location information of personnel, and monitor personnel dynamics to ensure safety. For emergencies, the system automatically triggers an alarm to notify the staff.

Specific questions can be asked.

I've seen that more of them use ibeacon Bluetooth devices for indoor positioning. For example, we have deployed a large number of iBeacon base stations VG05 in an airport in Beijing to use them for navigation inside the airport.