Introduction

CircuitPython BLE library for Google's open "physical web" Eddystone.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

• Adafruit CircuitPython

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Installing from PyPI

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-eddystone

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-eddystone

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-eddystone

Usage Example

"""This example broadcasts our Mac Address as our Eddystone ID and a link to the Adafruit Discord
   server."""

import time

import adafruit_ble
from adafruit_ble_eddystone import uid, url

radio = adafruit_ble.BLERadio()

# Reuse the BLE address as our Eddystone instance id.
eddystone_uid = uid.EddystoneUID(radio.address_bytes)
eddystone_url = url.EddystoneURL("https://adafru.it/discord")

while True:
    # Alternate between advertising our ID and our URL.
    radio.start_advertising(eddystone_uid)
    time.sleep(0.5)
    radio.stop_advertising()

    radio.start_advertising(eddystone_url)
    time.sleep(0.5)
    radio.stop_advertising()

    time.sleep(4)

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.