Building a Mobile Location Aware System with Beacons

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Building a Mobile Location Aware System with Beacons Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc) Head of Global Developer Advocacy at PayPal + Braintree

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Purpose of a Beacon twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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The Bluetooth Spec twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Bluetooth vs Bluetooth Smart twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Central Device Beacon Hardware IP Address Endpoint How it Works twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Real World Use Case twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Connection Type: Intermittant Battery Life: ~ 1.5 years (ha) Range: ~ 75-100 meters Data Latency: 3ms Bluetooth Smart Details twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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iBeacon Specification https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/ twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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The Beacons twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo Estimote: $99 / 3, temp + motion Beacon Comparison Bluecat: Trial, AA batteries Gimbal Tag: $5, small & deployable Kontakt.io: $81 / 3, battery life

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Battery Life vs Range twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Battery Replacement twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Creating Your Own Beacon twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Microcontroller (Arduino, etc.) Bluetooth Low Energy shield Wi-Fi shield Accelerometer (opt) Human Sensor (opt) Component List twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Getting Started twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Estimote: http://estimote.com/api/ Kontakt.io: http://docs.kontakt.io/ AltBeacon: http://altbeacon.org/ examples/ Beacon SDK or Open SDK? twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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The Android Emulator twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Beacon Scavenger Hunt twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo 1.  Phone to Beacon Connections 2.  Distance feedback system 3.  Badges on beacon capture 4.  Unlock on hunt completion How it Works

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Adjusting Beacon Settings Estimote Site and App twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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AndroidManifest.xml twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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private static final String ESTIMOTE_PROXIMITY_UUID = "B9402F30-F5F7-466E-AFD9-25556B57GE6D"; private static final Region ALL_ESTIMOTE_BEACONS = new Region("regionId", ESTIMOTE_PROXIMITY_UUID, null, null); private BeaconManager beaconManager = new BeaconManager(activity); Setting the Beacon Manager twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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beaconManager.setRangingListener(new BeaconManager.RangingListener() { @Override public void onBeaconsDiscovered(Region region, List beacons) { ... } }); beaconManager.stopRanging(ALL_ESTIMOTE_BEACONS); Setting the Listener twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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double distance = 1000.0; Beacon beacon = null; for (Beacon rangedBeacon : beacons) { double currentDistance = Utils.computeAccuracy(rangedBeacon); if (currentDistance < distance && ! discovered.contains(rangedBeacon)){ distance = currentDistance; beacon = rangedBeacon; } } Getting Beacon Range twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Playing with Location twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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The Single Beacon twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Improving Accuracy twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Deploying at Scale twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Beacon Wrap-up twitter: @jcleblanc | hashtag: #confoo

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Thank You! http://bit.ly/confoo_beacon Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc) Head of Global Developer Advocacy at PayPal + Braintree