beaconWorkshop

Overview

Workshop intended for use in STEM activity. Does simple proximity tracking of two uriBeacon with a Raspberry Pi and displays status using a simple traffic light system.

There are a couple of videos with background information:

• Short demo (https://youtu.be/1Y7YITl1CVw)
• Background talk (https://youtu.be/IiIx1xnXw0M)

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi (Any model)
• Bluetooth 4.0 Dongle (e.g. http://www.adafruit.com/products/1327)
• uriBeacons (https://github.com/google/uribeacon)
• 2x PiStops Traffic Lights (http://4tronix.co.uk/store/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=390)

Setup new Raspberry Pi

Install Bluez

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils libbluetooth-dev

Install node.js

sudo wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

Install node.js packages

npm install uri-beacon-scanner
npm install onoff
npm install debug

Running the code

sudo node tracker.js "uri_for_beacon1" "uri_for_beacon2"

Task list Done

• Add code
• Add workshop manual
• Background print colour white

@ukBaz

• Test code works with variables at top
• New image of directory listing
• Write introduction presentation
• Move from uriBeacon to Eddystone Beacon

@soniacaldwell

• Review CLOSE/NEAR/FAR nomenclature => IMMEDIATE/NEAR/FAR
• Test code, typing from scratch - time test, debug tips
• ROLLING_AVERAGE to top level for third activity? Code done.
• Document third activity for changing rolling average. Not sure this will add a great deal.
• Test calcRangeAlt to see if that is a better candidate for the range algorithm. rssi1m tested and added.

unassigned

• Create image for all workshop machines