This example creates a BLE beacon: a method of advertising a small amount of information to nearby devices. The information doesn't have to be human-readable; it can be in a format that only an application can use. Beacons are very easy to set up: the code for all beacons is the same, and only the information you want to advertise - the beacon payload - needs to change. he canonical source for this example lives at https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/tree/master/BLE_Beacon

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+/* mbed Microcontroller Library
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2015 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.
+ */
+
+#include <mbed-events/events.h>
+#include <mbed.h>
+#include "ble/BLE.h"
+#include "ble/services/iBeacon.h"
+
+static iBeacon* ibeaconPtr;
+
+static EventQueue eventQueue(
+    /* event count */ 4 * /* event size */ 32    
+);
+
+/**
+ * This function is called when the ble initialization process has failled
+ */
+void onBleInitError(BLE &ble, ble_error_t error)
+{
+    /* Initialization error handling should go here */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Callback triggered when the ble initialization process has finished
+ */
+void bleInitComplete(BLE::InitializationCompleteCallbackContext *params)
+{
+    BLE&        ble   = params->ble;
+    ble_error_t error = params->error;
+
+    if (error != BLE_ERROR_NONE) {
+        /* In case of error, forward the error handling to onBleInitError */
+        onBleInitError(ble, error);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Ensure that it is the default instance of BLE */
+    if(ble.getInstanceID() != BLE::DEFAULT_INSTANCE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The Beacon payload has the following composition:
+     * 128-Bit / 16byte UUID = E2 0A 39 F4 73 F5 4B C4 A1 2F 17 D1 AD 07 A9 61
+     * Major/Minor  = 0x1122 / 0x3344
+     * Tx Power     = 0xC8 = 200, 2's compliment is 256-200 = (-56dB)
+     *
+     * Note: please remember to calibrate your beacons TX Power for more accurate results.
+     */
+    static const uint8_t uuid[] = {0xE2, 0x0A, 0x39, 0xF4, 0x73, 0xF5, 0x4B, 0xC4,
+                                   0xA1, 0x2F, 0x17, 0xD1, 0xAD, 0x07, 0xA9, 0x61};
+    uint16_t majorNumber = 1122;
+    uint16_t minorNumber = 3344;
+    uint16_t txPower     = 0xC8;
+    ibeaconPtr = new iBeacon(ble, uuid, majorNumber, minorNumber, txPower);
+
+    ble.gap().setAdvertisingInterval(1000); /* 1000ms. */
+    ble.gap().startAdvertising();
+}
+
+void scheduleBleEventsProcessing(BLE::OnEventsToProcessCallbackContext* context) {
+    BLE &ble = BLE::Instance();
+    eventQueue.post(Callback<void()>(&ble, &BLE::processEvents));
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    BLE &ble = BLE::Instance();
+    ble.onEventsToProcess(scheduleBleEventsProcessing);
+    ble.init(bleInitComplete);
+
+    while (true) {
+        eventQueue.dispatch();
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}