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nRF52832 ibeacon sample


2 background

  • nRF52 DK - Development kit for nRF52832
  • SDK version - 14.2.0
  • reference sample - \examples\ble_peripheral\ble_app_beacon
  • test app - Android nRF Connect

One important point to note - if you want to ship a product which is recognised
by iOS as a beacon by using 0x004C as the company identifier, you need a license
from Apple to do so. They own that company ID, you can't use it in a product
without their agreement.

3 modify steps

3.1 change company identifier

By changing the company identifier, can the beacon type changed to be iBeacon.

From

#define APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER          0x0059 // nordic semiconductor

To

#define APP_COMPANY_IDENTIFIER          0x004C // Apple

3.2 change mac address if you need

Note: check the `ble_gap.h' for detail.

The local Bluetooth identify address is the address that identifies this device
to other peers. The address type must be either BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_PUBLIC or
BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_STATIC.

The identify address cannot be changed while advertising, scanning or creating
a connection.

This address will be distrubited to the peer during bonding. If the address
changes, the address stored in the peer device will not be valid and the ability
to reconnect using the old address will be lost.

By default the SoftDevice will set an address of type BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_STATIC
upon being enabled. The address is a random number populated during the IC
manufacturing process and remains unchanged for the lifetime of each IC.

The following code is used for setting mac, put it before advertising_init()

uint32_t err_code;

uint8_t my_random_addr[BLE_GAP_ADDR_LEN] = "\x12\x22\x32\x42\x52\x62";
ble_gap_addr_t gap_address;
gap_address.addr_type = BLE_GAP_ADDR_TYPE_RANDOM_STATIC;
memcpy(&gap_address.addr, my_random_addr, sizeof(gap_address.addr));
gap_address.addr[5] |= 0xc0;
err_code = sd_ble_gap_addr_set(&gap_address);
APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);