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iBKS Frames Protocol

ABSTRACT This document explains the different frames that are implemented in iBKS devices (iBKS use BLE to broadcast). AUDIENCE This document is primarily for developers with advanced knowledge of beacon protocols. IMPORTANT: All data used in the frame is in big-endian format. Italic text of this document is just an example of data that can […]

iBKS Hello World for iOS

ABSTRACT The App demo “iBKS Hello World” is a project that contains the most important functions to begin interacting with a Beacon. In this document is explained how this project, implemented in swift and XCode 8.2.1, is structured and what are the functions that can be found on it. AUDIENCE This document is focused for […]

iBKS Hello World for Android

ABSTRACT The App demo “iBKS Hello World” is a project that contains the most important functions to begin interacting with a Beacon. This document explains how this project, implemented for Android Studio, is structured and what the functions that can be found on it are. AUDIENCE This document is focused for App developers who have […]

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What is Eddystone™?

Eddystone™ is an open beacon protocol from Google, which allows Bluetooth Low Energy devices to broadcast data across short distances to a receiver. The main advantages of this protocol over the rest of the existing ones is that it allows you to set and send four different advertising packets (frame types): Eddystone-UID: equivalent to the […]

What is iBeacon™?

iBeacon™ is a beacon protocol from Apple, which allows Bluetooth devices to broadcast data across short distances to a receiver. iBeacon™ was released in 2013 and caused an enormous revolution due to its native implementation on the iOS operating system, allowing the developers to put apps in the foreground that were in the background or […]