Simple BLE Beacon

This is a very simple "beacon" made using the NimBLE stack in ESP IDF. The advertisement is in the following format

3 bytes flags | 12 bytes Complete_Local_Name | 16 bytes Manufacturer_Specific_Data

Setup

• Open idf.py menuconfig
• Enable Bluetooth (Component config > Bluetooth)
• select NimBLE as the Host
• Optionally, disable the Central and Observer roles under NimBLE Options as this is a beacon only (Broadcast as a Peripheral). You can also set the BLE GAP default device name to something relevant. I set mine to BLE Beacon.

LICENSE

Copyright Jewel Mahanta jewelmahanta@gmail.com 2024, MIT LICENSE