Important changes to repositories hosted on mbed.com
Mbed hosted mercurial repositories are deprecated and are due to be permanently deleted in July 2026.
To keep a copy of this software download the repository Zip archive or clone locally using Mercurial.
It is also possible to export all your personal repositories from the account settings page.
Dependencies: BLE_API mbed nRF51822 X_NUCLEO_IDB0XA1
Fork of BLE_EddystoneBeacon by
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.
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.
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.
Eddystone.h
- Committer:
- mbedAustin
- Date:
- 2015-07-24
- Revision:
- 27:29c6d1bb462e
- Parent:
- 26:2896fbdd0450
- Child:
- 28:af37cebcb583
File content as of revision 27:29c6d1bb462e:
/* mbed Microcontroller Library * Copyright (c) 2006-2013 ARM Limited * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ #ifndef SERVICES_EDDYSTONEBEACON_H_ #define SERVICES_EDDYSTONEBEACON_H_ #include "ble/BLE.h" #include "mbed.h" static const uint8_t BEACON_EDDYSTONE[] = {0xAA, 0xFE}; //Debug is disabled by default #if 0 #define DBG(x, ...) printf("[EddyStone: DBG]"x" \t[%s,%d]\r\n", ##__VA_ARGS__,__FILE__,__LINE__); #define WARN(x, ...) printf("[EddyStone: WARN]"x" \t[%s,%d]\r\n", ##__VA_ARGS__,__FILE__,__LINE__); #define ERR(x, ...) printf("[EddyStone: ERR]"x" \t[%s,%d]\r\n", ##__VA_ARGS__,__FILE__,__LINE__); #else #define DBG(x, ...) //wait_us(10); #define WARN(x, ...) //wait_us(10); #define ERR(x, ...) #endif /** * @class Eddystone * @brief Eddystone Configuration Service. Can be used to set URL, adjust power levels, and set flags. * See https://github.com/google/eddystone * */ class Eddystone { public: /** * @brief Transmission Power Modes for UriBeacon */ static const uint8_t TX_POWER_MODE_LOWEST = 0; /*!< Lowest TX power mode */ static const uint8_t TX_POWER_MODE_LOW = 1; /*!< Low TX power mode */ static const uint8_t TX_POWER_MODE_MEDIUM = 2; /*!< Medium TX power mode */ static const uint8_t TX_POWER_MODE_HIGH = 3; /*!< High TX power mode */ static const unsigned int NUM_POWER_MODES = 4; /*!< Number of Power Modes defined */ static const int ADVERTISING_INTERVAL_MSEC = 1000; // Advertising interval for config service. static const int SERVICE_DATA_MAX = 31; // Maximum size of service data in ADV packets typedef uint8_t Lock_t[16]; /* 128 bits */ typedef int8_t PowerLevels_t[NUM_POWER_MODES]; // 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]; static const int UID_INSTANCEID_SIZE = 6; typedef uint8_t UIDInstanceID_t[UID_INSTANCEID_SIZE]; // Eddystone Frame Type ID 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 struct Params_t { Lock_t lock; uint8_t uriDataLength; UriData_t uriData; uint8_t flags; PowerLevels_t advPowerLevels; // Current value of AdvertisedPowerLevels uint8_t txPowerMode; // Firmware power levels used with setTxPower() uint16_t beaconPeriod; uint8_t tlmVersion; // version of TLM packet UIDNamespaceID_t uidNamespaceID; // UUID type, Namespace ID, 10B UIDInstanceID_t uidInstanceID; // UUID type, Instance ID, 6B int(*tlmGetBatt(void)); // Function Pointers for user provided functions that return the Temp and Battery Voltage data for the TLM field. int(*tlmGetTemp(void)); // ^^ }; /* * 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. * */ void setUIDFrameData(int8_t power, UIDNamespaceID_t namespaceID, UIDInstanceID_t instanceID, uint16_t RFU = 0x0000) { if(power > 20) { power = 20; } if(power < -100) { power = -100; } 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. 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. */ int constructUIDFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) { int index = 0; Data[index++] = FRAME_TYPE_UID; // 1B Type if(defaultUidPower > 20) { defaultUidPower = 20; // enforce range of vaild values. } if(defaultUidPower < -100) { defaultUidPower = -100; } Data[index++] = defaultUidPower; // 1B Power @ 0meter 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 Data[index++] = defaultUidInstanceID[x]; } if(0 != uidRFU) { // 2B RFU, include if non-zero, otherwise ignore Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(uidRFU >> 0); Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(uidRFU >> 8); } DBG("construcUIDFrame %d, %d",maxSize,index); return index; } /* * Set Eddystone URL Frame information. * @param[in] power TX Power in dB measured at 0 meters from the device. * @param url URL to encode * @return false on success, true on failure. */ bool setURLFrameData(int8_t power, const char * url) { defaultUrlPower = power; encodeURI(url, defaultUriData, defaultUriDataLength); // encode URL to URL Formatting if (defaultUriDataLength > URI_DATA_MAX) { return true; // error, URL is too big } 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. */ int constructURLFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) { 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++] = defaultUriData[x]; } DBG("constructURLFrame: %d, %d",maxSize,index); return index; } /* * 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) { TlmVersion = version; TlmBatteryVoltage = batteryVoltage; TlmBeaconTemp = beaconTemp; TlmPduCount = pduCount; // reset TlmTimeSinceBoot = timeSinceBoot; // reset 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. */ int constructTLMFrame(uint8_t * Data, uint8_t maxSize) { int index = 0; Data[index++] = FRAME_TYPE_TLM; // Eddystone frame type = Telemetry Data[index++] = TlmVersion; // TLM Version Number Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmBatteryVoltage>>8); // Battery Voltage[0] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmBatteryVoltage>>0); // Battery Voltage[1] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmBeaconTemp>>8); // Beacon Temp[0] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmBeaconTemp>>0); // Beacon Temp[1] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmPduCount>>24); // PDU Count [0] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmPduCount>>16); // PDU Count [1] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmPduCount>>8); // PDU Count [2] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmPduCount>>0); // PDU Count [3] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>24); // Time Since Boot [0] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>16); // Time Since Boot [1] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>8); // Time Since Boot [2] Data[index++] = (uint8_t)(TlmTimeSinceBoot>>0); // Time Since Boot [3] DBG("constructURLFrame: %d, %d",maxSize,index); 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) { TlmBatteryVoltage = voltagemv; return; } /* * Update the TLM frame beacon temperature * @param[in] temp Temperature of beacon (in 8.8fpn) * @return nothing */ void updateTlmBeaconTemp(uint16_t temp) { TlmBeaconTemp = temp; 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) { TlmPduCount = pduCount; 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) { TlmTimeSinceBoot = timeSinceBoot; return; } /* * callback function, called every 0.1s, incriments the TimeSinceBoot field in the TLM frame * @return nothing */ void tsbCallback(void) { TlmTimeSinceBoot++; } /* * Update advertising data * @return true on success, false on failure */ bool updateAdvPacket(uint8_t serviceData[], unsigned serviceDataLen) { // Fields from the Service DBG("Updating AdvFrame: %d", serviceDataLen); // printf("\r\n"); // for(int x = 0; x<serviceDataLen; x++) { // printf("%2.2x:",serviceData[x]); // } // printf("\r\n"); ble.clearAdvertisingPayload(); ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::BREDR_NOT_SUPPORTED | GapAdvertisingData::LE_GENERAL_DISCOVERABLE); ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::COMPLETE_LIST_16BIT_SERVICE_IDS, BEACON_EDDYSTONE, sizeof(BEACON_EDDYSTONE)); ble.accumulateAdvertisingPayload(GapAdvertisingData::SERVICE_DATA, serviceData, serviceDataLen); return true; } /* * State machine for switching out frames. * This function is called by the radioNotificationCallback when a frame needs to get swapped out. * This function exists because of time constraints in the radioNotificationCallback, so it is effectively * broken up into two functions. */ void swapOutFrames(void) { uint8_t serviceData[SERVICE_DATA_MAX]; unsigned serviceDataLen = 0; //hard code in the eddystone UUID serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[0]; serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[1]; // if certain frames are not enabled, then skip them. Worst case TLM is always enabled switch(frameIndex) { case 1: // URL Frame if(urlIsSet) { serviceDataLen += constructURLFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20); DBG("\t Swapping in URL Frame: len=%d ",serviceDataLen); updateAdvPacket(serviceData,serviceDataLen); switchFlag = false; frameIndex++; break; } case 2: // UID Frame if(uidIsSet) { serviceDataLen += constructUIDFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20); DBG("\t Swapping in UID Frame: len=%d",serviceDataLen); updateAdvPacket(serviceData,serviceDataLen); switchFlag = false; frameIndex++; break; } default: // TLM frame serviceDataLen += constructTLMFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,20); DBG("\t Swapping in TLM Frame: len=%d",serviceDataLen); updateAdvPacket(serviceData,serviceDataLen); frameIndex++; break; } } /* * Callback from onRadioNotification(), used to update the PDUCounter and process next state. */ #define EDDYSTONE_SWAPFRAME_DELAYMS 1 void radioNotificationCallback(bool radioActive) { //DBG("RadioNotificationCallback : %d, %d, %d, %d",radioActive,frameIndex,TlmPduCount,TlmTimeSinceBoot); // Update PDUCount TlmPduCount++; frameIndex = frameIndex % EDDYSTONE_MAX_FRAMETYPE; // True just before an frame is sent, fale just after a frame is sent if(radioActive) { // Do Nothing } else { // state machine to control which packet is being sent switch(frameIndex) { case 0: // TLM Frame switchFrame.attach_us(this, &Eddystone::swapOutFrames, EDDYSTONE_SWAPFRAME_DELAYMS); switchFlag = true; break; case 1: // URL Frame // switch out packets if(switchFlag) { switchFrame.attach_us(this, &Eddystone::swapOutFrames, EDDYSTONE_SWAPFRAME_DELAYMS); switchFlag = false; } else { if((TlmPduCount % 10) == 0) { // every 10 adv packets switch the frame switchFlag = true; } } break; case 2: // UIDFrame // switch out packets if(switchFlag ) { switchFrame.attach_us(this, &Eddystone::swapOutFrames, EDDYSTONE_SWAPFRAME_DELAYMS); switchFlag = false; } else { if((TlmPduCount % 10) == 0) { // every 10 adv packets switch the frame switchFlag = true; } } break; } } return; } /* * This function explicityly sets the parameters used by the Eddystone beacon. * this function should be used in leu of the config service. * * @param bleIn ble object used to broadcast eddystone information * @oaram beaconPeriodus is how often ble broadcasts are mde, in mili seconds * @param txPowerLevel sets the broadcasting power level. * @param uidNamespaceID 10Byte Namespace UUID * @param uidInstanceID 6Byte Instance UUID * @param url shortened URL to broadcast (pass in as a string) * @param urlLen length of shortened url * @param tlmVersion version of telemetry data field to use (default to 0x00) * */ Eddystone(BLEDevice &bleIn, uint16_t beaconPeriodus = 100, uint8_t txPowerLevel = 0, uint8_t * uidNamespaceID = NULL, uint8_t * uidInstanceID = NULL, const char * url = NULL, uint8_t urlLen = 0, uint8_t tlmVersion = 0) : ble(bleIn) { uint8_t serviceData[SERVICE_DATA_MAX]; unsigned serviceDataLen = 0; ERR("This function is not fully implemented yet, dont use it!!"); // Check optional frames, set their 'isSet' flags appropriately if((uidNamespaceID != NULL) & (uidInstanceID != NULL)) { uidIsSet = true; setUIDFrameData(txPowerLevel,uidNamespaceID, uidInstanceID); } else { uidIsSet = false; } if(url != NULL) { urlIsSet = true; setURLFrameData(txPowerLevel,url); } else { uidIsSet = false; } // Default TLM frame to version 0x00, start all values at zero to be spec compliant. setTLMFrameData(tlmVersion, 0x00,0x00); // Initialize Frame transition frameIndex = 0; uidRFU = 0; switchFlag = true; /* Reinitialize the BLE stack. This will clear away the existing services and advertising state. */ ble.shutdown(); ble.init(); ble.setTxPower(txPowerLevel); ble.setAdvertisingType(GapAdvertisingParams::ADV_NON_CONNECTABLE_UNDIRECTED); ble.setAdvertisingInterval(beaconPeriodus); // Make double sure the PDUCount and TimeSinceBoot fields are set to zero at reset updateTlmPduCount(0); updateTlmTimeSinceBoot(0); // Construct TLM Frame in initial advertising. serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[0]; serviceData[serviceDataLen++] = BEACON_EDDYSTONE[1]; serviceDataLen += constructTLMFrame(serviceData+serviceDataLen,SERVICE_DATA_MAX); updateAdvPacket(serviceData, serviceDataLen); ble.gap().startAdvertising(); ble.gap().onRadioNotification(this,&Eddystone::radioNotificationCallback); timeSinceBootTick.attach(this,&Eddystone::tsbCallback,0.1); // incriment the TimeSinceBoot ticker every 0.1s } private: BLEDevice &ble; Params_t ¶ms; Ticker timeSinceBootTick; Timeout switchFrame; // Default value that is restored on reset size_t defaultUriDataLength; UriData_t defaultUriData; UIDNamespaceID_t defaultUidNamespaceID; UIDInstanceID_t defaultUidInstanceID; int8_t defaultUidPower; int8_t defaultUrlPower; uint16_t uidRFU; bool uidIsSet; bool urlIsSet; // Default value that is restored on reset PowerLevels_t &defaultAdvPowerLevels; uint8_t lockedState; bool initSucceeded; uint8_t resetFlag; bool switchFlag; // Private Variables for Telemetry Data uint8_t TlmVersion; volatile uint16_t TlmBatteryVoltage; volatile uint16_t TlmBeaconTemp; volatile uint32_t TlmPduCount; volatile uint32_t TlmTimeSinceBoot; public: /* * Encode a human-readable URI into the binary format defined by URIBeacon spec (https://github.com/google/uribeacon/tree/master/specification). */ static void encodeURI(const char *uriDataIn, UriData_t uriDataOut, size_t &sizeofURIDataOut) { const char *prefixes[] = { "http://www.", "https://www.", "http://", "https://", }; const size_t NUM_PREFIXES = sizeof(prefixes) / sizeof(char *); const char *suffixes[] = { ".com/", ".org/", ".edu/", ".net/", ".info/", ".biz/", ".gov/", ".com", ".org", ".edu", ".net", ".info", ".biz", ".gov" }; const size_t NUM_SUFFIXES = sizeof(suffixes) / sizeof(char *); sizeofURIDataOut = 0; memset(uriDataOut, 0, sizeof(UriData_t)); if ((uriDataIn == NULL) || (strlen(uriDataIn) == 0)) { return; } /* * handle prefix */ for (unsigned i = 0; i < NUM_PREFIXES; i++) { size_t prefixLen = strlen(prefixes[i]); if (strncmp(uriDataIn, prefixes[i], prefixLen) == 0) { uriDataOut[sizeofURIDataOut++] = i; uriDataIn += prefixLen; break; } } /* * handle suffixes */ while (*uriDataIn && (sizeofURIDataOut < URI_DATA_MAX)) { /* check for suffix match */ unsigned i; for (i = 0; i < NUM_SUFFIXES; i++) { size_t suffixLen = strlen(suffixes[i]); if (strncmp(uriDataIn, suffixes[i], suffixLen) == 0) { uriDataOut[sizeofURIDataOut++] = i; uriDataIn += suffixLen; break; /* from the for loop for checking against suffixes */ } } /* This is the default case where we've got an ordinary character which doesn't match a suffix. */ if (i == NUM_SUFFIXES) { uriDataOut[sizeofURIDataOut++] = *uriDataIn; ++uriDataIn; } } } }; #endif // SERVICES_EDDYSTONEBEACON_H_