Example program for the Eddystone Beacon service.

Dependencies:   BLE_API mbed nRF51822 X_NUCLEO_IDB0XA1

Fork of BLE_EddystoneBeacon by URIBeacon

This example demonstrates how to set up and initialize a Eddystone Beacon. For more details on the Eddystone specification please see the Eddystone Github Page.

The Basics

An Eddystone Beacon is a Bluetooth Low Energy beacon, that means it does all of its data transfer in GAP advertising packets. Eddystone beacons, unlike other beacons, broadcast multiple types of data. Currently Eddystone beacons have 3 frame types (UID, URL, TLM) that will get swapped out periodically. This swapping of frame data allows Eddystone beacons to send many different types of data, thus increasing their usefulness over traditional beacons. Note that the UID frame type provides the same 16Bytes of UUID namespace that iBeacons do and the URL frame type provides the same functionality as a URIBeacon.

For more details see the Eddystone Specification.

Smartphone Apps

nRF Master Control Panel - this program recognizes Eddystone beacons and will display the data for all frame types.

iPhone Physical Web app

Android App

Walkthrough of Physical Web application

Technical Details

The Eddystone Specification looks like the following image. Please note that this may change over time and for up to date information the official spec should be referenced. /media/uploads/mbedAustin/scratch-1-.png

The Eddystone Frames get swapped in and out depending on what frames you have enabled. The only required frame type is the TLM frame, all others are optional and you can have any number enabled. To disable the UID or URL frames give their values a 'NULL' in the Eddystone constructor. The Eddystone spec recommends broadcasting 10 frames a second.

Note

  • The current Eddystone mbed example does not allow for combining the eddystone service with other services, this will be changes in a future update.
  • There is an Eddystone Config service that allows for updating beacons in the field. We are working on an example for this, so keep your eyes pealed for a future update.
Revision:
15:af8c24f34a9f
Parent:
14:5a2a104a21a8
Child:
16:a7d07ea94b31
--- a/ZipBeaconConfigService.h	Mon Jul 20 04:29:07 2015 +0000
+++ b/ZipBeaconConfigService.h	Mon Jul 20 19:31:40 2015 +0000
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
 * See http://uribeacon.org
 *
 */
-class ZipBeaconConfigService {
-  public:
+class ZipBeaconConfigService
+{
+public:
     /**
      * @brief Transmission Power Modes for UriBeacon
      */
@@ -60,12 +61,13 @@
     typedef uint8_t Lock_t[16];               /* 128 bits */
     typedef int8_t PowerLevels_t[NUM_POWER_MODES];
 
-    #define EDDYSTONE_MAX_FRAMETYPE 3
+    // There are currently 3 subframes defined, URI, UID, and TLM
+#define EDDYSTONE_MAX_FRAMETYPE 3
     void (*frames[EDDYSTONE_MAX_FRAMETYPE])(uint8_t *, uint32_t);
     uint8_t frameIndex;
     static const int URI_DATA_MAX = 18;
     typedef uint8_t  UriData_t[URI_DATA_MAX];
-    
+
     // UID Frame Type subfields
     static const int UID_NAMESPACEID_SIZE = 10;
     typedef uint8_t  UIDNamespaceID_t[UID_NAMESPACEID_SIZE];
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@
     static const uint8_t FRAME_TYPE_UID = 0x00;
     static const uint8_t FRAME_TYPE_URL = 0x10;
     static const uint8_t FRAME_TYPE_TLM = 0x20;
-    
+
     static const uint8_t FRAME_SIZE_TLM = 14; // TLM frame is a constant 14Bytes
     static const uint8_t FRAME_SIZE_UID = 20; // includes RFU bytes
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@
         UIDNamespaceID_t uidNamespaceID; // UUID type, Namespace ID, 10B
         UIDInstanceID_t  uidInstanceID;  // UUID type, Instance ID,  6B
     };
-    
+
     /**
      * @param[ref]    ble
      *                    BLEDevice object for the underlying controller.
@@ -179,8 +181,7 @@
     /* Start out by advertising the configService for a limited time after
      * startup; and switch to the normal non-connectible beacon functionality
      * afterwards. */
-    void setupZipBeaconConfigAdvertisements()
-    {
+    void setupZipBeaconConfigAdvertisements() {
         const char DEVICE_NAME[] = "eddystone Config";
 
         ble.clearAdvertisingPayload();
@@ -205,59 +206,56 @@
         ble.setAdvertisingType(GapAdvertisingParams::ADV_CONNECTABLE_UNDIRECTED);
         ble.setAdvertisingInterval(Gap::MSEC_TO_ADVERTISEMENT_DURATION_UNITS(ADVERTISING_INTERVAL_MSEC));
     }
-    
+
     /*
-    *  Set Eddystone UID Frame information. 
+    *  Set Eddystone UID Frame information.
     *  @param[in] power   TX Power in dB measured at 0 meters from the device. Range of -100 to +20 dB.
     *  @param namespaceID 10B namespace ID
     *  @param instanceID  6B instance ID
-    *  @param RFU         2B of RFU, initialized to 0x0000 and not broadcast, included for future reference. 
+    *  @param RFU         2B of RFU, initialized to 0x0000 and not broadcast, included for future reference.
     *
     */
-    void setUIDFrameData(int8_t power, UIDNamespaceID_t namespaceID, UIDInstanceID_t instanceID, uint16_t RFU = 0x00)
-    {
+    void setUIDFrameData(int8_t power, UIDNamespaceID_t namespaceID, UIDInstanceID_t instanceID, uint16_t RFU = 0x0000) {
         defaultUidPower = power;
         memcpy(defaultUidNamespaceID, namespaceID, UID_NAMESPACEID_SIZE);
         memcpy(defaultUidInstanceID,  instanceID,  UID_INSTANCEID_SIZE);
-        uidRFU = (uint16_t)RFU; // this is probably bad form, but it doesnt really matter yet. 
+        uidRFU = (uint16_t)RFU; // this is probably bad form, but it doesnt really matter yet.
         return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Construct UID frame from private variables
     *  @param[in/out] Data pointer to array to store constructed frame in
     *  @param[in] maxSize number of bytes left in array, effectively how much emtpy space is available to write to
-    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message. 
+    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message.
     */
-    int constructUIDFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize)
-    {
-        if(maxSize < FRAME_SIZE_UID){
-            return -1; // not enough space to encode UIDframe in advertising packet. 
+    int constructUIDFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) {
+        if(maxSize < FRAME_SIZE_UID) {
+            return -1; // not enough space to encode UIDframe in advertising packet.
         }
         int index = 0;
         Data[index++] = FRAME_TYPE_UID;                     // 1B  Type
         Data[index++] = defaultUidPower;                    // 1B  Power @ 0meter
-        for(int x = 0; x < UID_NAMESPACEID_SIZE; x++){      // 10B Namespce ID
+        for(int x = 0; x < UID_NAMESPACEID_SIZE; x++) {     // 10B Namespce ID
             Data[index++] = defaultUidNamespaceID[x];
-            } 
-        for(int x = 0; x< UID_INSTANCEID_SIZE; x++){        // 6B  Instance ID
+        }
+        for(int x = 0; x< UID_INSTANCEID_SIZE; x++) {       // 6B  Instance ID
             Data[index++] = defaultUidInstanceID[x];
-            }
-        if(0x00 != uidRFU){                                 // 2B RFU, include if non-zero, otherwise ignore
+        }
+        if(0x00 != uidRFU) {                                // 2B RFU, include if non-zero, otherwise ignore
             Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(uidRFU >> 8);
             Data[index++] = (uint8_t)uidRFU;
         }
         return index;
     }
-    
+
     /*
-    *  Set Eddystone URL Frame information. 
+    *  Set Eddystone URL Frame information.
     *  @param[in] power   TX Power in dB measured at 0 meters from the device.
-    *  @param url         URL to encode 
+    *  @param url         URL to encode
     *  @return            false on success, true on failure.
     */
-    bool setURLFrameData(int8_t power, const char * url)
-    {
+    bool setURLFrameData(int8_t power, const char * url) {
         defaultUrlPower = power;
         encodeURI(url, defaultUriData, defaultUriDataLength); // encode URL to URL Formatting
         if (defaultUriDataLength > URI_DATA_MAX) {
@@ -265,53 +263,50 @@
         }
         return false;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Construct URL frame from private variables
     *  @param[in/out] Data pointer to array to store constructed frame in
     *  @param[in] maxSize number of bytes left in array, effectively how much emtpy space is available to write to
-    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message. 
+    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message.
     */
-    int constructURLFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize)
-    {
-        if(maxSize < (2 + defaultUriDataLength)){
-            return -1; // not enough space to encode URL frame in advertising packet. 
+    int constructURLFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) {
+        if(maxSize < (2 + defaultUriDataLength)) {
+            return -1; // not enough space to encode URL frame in advertising packet.
         }
         int index = 0;
         Data[index++] = FRAME_TYPE_URL;                     // 1B  Type
-        Data[index++] = defaultUrlPower;                    // 1B  TX Power
-        for(int x = 0; x < defaultUriDataLength; x++){      // 18B of URL Prefix + encoded URL 
+        Data[index++] = params.txPowerMode;                    // 1B  TX Power
+        for(int x = 0; x < defaultUriDataLength; x++) {     // 18B of URL Prefix + encoded URL
             Data[index++] = defaultUriData[x];
         }
-        return index;        
+        return index;
     }
-    
+
     /*
-    *  Set Eddystone TLM Frame information. 
+    *  Set Eddystone TLM Frame information.
     *  @param[in] Version    of the TLM beacon data format
     *  @param batteryVoltage in milivolts
     *  @param beaconTemp     in 8.8 floating point notation
     *
     */
-    void setTLMFrameData(uint8_t version, uint16_t batteryVoltage, uint16_t beaconTemp, uint32_t pduCount = 0, uint32_t timeSinceBoot = 0)
-    {
+    void setTLMFrameData(uint8_t version, uint16_t batteryVoltage, uint16_t beaconTemp, uint32_t pduCount = 0, uint32_t timeSinceBoot = 0) {
         TlmVersion = version;
         TlmBatteryVoltage = batteryVoltage;
         TlmBeaconTemp = beaconTemp;
         TlmPduCount = pduCount; // reset
         TlmTimeSinceBoot = timeSinceBoot; // reset
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Construct TLM frame from private variables
     *  @param[in/out] Data pointer to array to store constructed frame in
     *  @param[in] maxSize number of bytes left in array, effectively how much emtpy space is available to write to
-    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message. 
+    *  @return number of bytes used. negative number indicates error message.
     */
-    int constructTLMFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize)
-    {
-        if(maxSize < FRAME_SIZE_TLM){       // error, not enough space to add TLM frame. 14B, every time
+    int constructTLMFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) {
+        if(maxSize < FRAME_SIZE_TLM) {      // error, not enough space to add TLM frame. 14B, every time
             return -1;
         }
         int index = 0;
@@ -329,93 +324,102 @@
         Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>8);    // Time Since Boot [1]
         Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>16);   // Time Since Boot [2]
         Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>24);   // Time Since Boot [3]
-        
+
         return index;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Update the TLM frame battery voltage value
     *  @param[in] voltagemv Voltage to update the TLM field battery voltage with (in mV)
     *  @return nothing
     */
-    void updateTlmBatteryVoltage(uint16_t voltagemv){
+    void updateTlmBatteryVoltage(uint16_t voltagemv) {
         TlmBatteryVoltage = voltagemv;
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
-    *  Update the TLM frame beacon temperature 
+    *  Update the TLM frame beacon temperature
     *  @param[in] temp Temperature of beacon (in 8.8fpn)
     *  @return nothing
     */
-    void updateTlmBeaconTemp(uint16_t temp){
+    void updateTlmBeaconTemp(uint16_t temp) {
         TlmBeaconTemp = temp;
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Update the TLM frame PDU Count field
     *  @param[in] pduCount Number of Advertisiting frames sent since powerup
     *  @return nothing
     */
-    void updateTlmPduCount(uint32_t pduCount){
+    void updateTlmPduCount(uint32_t pduCount) {
         TlmPduCount = pduCount;
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Update the TLM frame Time since boot in 0.1s incriments
     *  @param[in] timeSinceBoot Time since boot in 0.1s incriments
     *  @return nothing
     */
-    void updateTlmTimeSinceBoot(uint32_t timeSinceBoot){
+    void updateTlmTimeSinceBoot(uint32_t timeSinceBoot) {
         TlmTimeSinceBoot = timeSinceBoot;
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
-    
+
     /*
     *  Callback from onRadioNotification(), used to update the PDUCounter and maybe other stuff eventually?
     *
     *
     */
-    void pduCountCallback(){
+    //void radioNotificationCallback(bool radioActive){
+    void radioNotificationCallback(void) {
         // Update Time and PDUCount
         TlmPduCount++;
-        TlmTimeSinceBoot += 10;
-        
+        TlmTimeSinceBoot++;
+
         // Every 1 second switch the frame types
-        if((TlmPduCount % 10) == 1){
+        if((TlmPduCount % 10) == 1) {
             frameIndex = frameIndex % EDDYSTONE_MAX_FRAMETYPE;
             uint8_t serviceData[SERVICE_DATA_MAX];
             unsigned serviceDataLen = 0;
             //switch payloads
             serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[0];
             serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[1];
-            switch(frameIndex){
+            switch(frameIndex) {
                 case 0:
-                    constructTLMFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
+                    printf("constructing TLM Frame: ");
+                    serviceDataLen += constructTLMFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
                     break;
                 case 1:
-                    constructURLFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
+                    printf("constructing URL Frame: ");
+                    serviceDataLen += constructURLFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
                     break;
                 case 2:
-                    constructUIDFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
+                    printf("constructing UID Frame: ");
+                    serviceDataLen += constructUIDFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
                     break;
-                }
+            }
             ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::SERVICE_DATA, serviceData, serviceDataLen);
+            for(int x = 0; x<serviceDataLen; x++) {
+                printf("%2.2x:",serviceData[x]);
+            }
+            printf("\r\n");
         }
         //TODO: add bit to keep timer / update time
         frameIndex++;
-        return;        
+        return;
     }
 
     /* Helper function to switch to the non-connectible normal mode for ZipBeacon. This gets called after a timeout. */
-    void setupZipBeaconAdvertisements()
-    {
+    void setupZipBeaconAdvertisements() {
+        printf("Switching Config -> adv\r\n");
         uint8_t serviceData[SERVICE_DATA_MAX];
         unsigned serviceDataLen = 0;
         // Initialize Frame transition
         frameIndex = 0;
+        uidRFU = 0;
 
         /* Reinitialize the BLE stack. This will clear away the existing services and advertising state. */
         ble.shutdown();
@@ -438,12 +442,12 @@
         ble.setAdvertisingInterval(beaconPeriod);
         ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::BREDR_NOT_SUPPORTED | GapAdvertisingData::LE_GENERAL_DISCOVERABLE);
         ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::COMPLETE_LIST_16BIT_SERVICE_IDS, BEACON_EDDYSTONE, sizeof(BEACON_EDDYSTONE));
-        
+
         setTLMFrameData(0x00,22,33,0,0); // Initialize TLM Data, for testing, remove for release
         updateTlmPduCount(0);
         updateTlmTimeSinceBoot(0);
-        
-        // Construct TLM Frame in initial advertising. 
+
+        // Construct TLM Frame in initial advertising.
         serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[0];
         serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[1];
         constructTLMFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20);
@@ -454,12 +458,13 @@
 //        }
 
         // attach callback to count number of sent packets
-       //TODO: ble.gap().onRadioNotification(pduCountCallback);
+        //ble.gap().onRadioNotification(this,&ZipBeaconConfigService::radioNotificationCallback);
         ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::SERVICE_DATA, serviceData, serviceDataLen);
-        //callbackTick.attach(&pduCountCallback,2.0); // switch services every 2 seconds
+        callbackTick.attach(this,&ZipBeaconConfigService::radioNotificationCallback, 0.1); // switch services every 2 seconds
+        //callbackTick.attach(stupidWrapperFn,2.0);
     }
 
-  private:
+private:
     // True if the lock bits are non-zero
     bool isLocked() {
         Lock_t testLock;
@@ -548,7 +553,7 @@
                                       reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(params.advPowerLevels), sizeof(PowerLevels_t));
     }
 
-  private:
+private:
     void lockAuthorizationCallback(GattWriteAuthCallbackParams *authParams) {
         if (lockedState) {
             authParams->authorizationReply = AUTH_CALLBACK_REPLY_ATTERR_INSUF_AUTHORIZATION;
@@ -629,7 +634,7 @@
     uint8_t             lockedState;
     bool                initSucceeded;
     uint8_t             resetFlag;
-    
+
     // Private Variables for Telemetry Data
     uint8_t                      TlmVersion;
     volatile uint16_t            TlmBatteryVoltage;
@@ -647,7 +652,7 @@
     ReadWriteGattCharacteristic<uint16_t>      beaconPeriodChar;
     WriteOnlyGattCharacteristic<uint8_t>       resetChar;
 
-  public:
+public:
     /*
      *  Encode a human-readable URI into the binary format defined by URIBeacon spec (https://github.com/google/uribeacon/tree/master/specification).
      */