Get Bluetooth Device Distance Using BleuIO
2021-07-16 | By Sheikh Shuhad
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
Requirments
- You need to have a BLE USB dongle BleuIO https://www.bleuio.com/
- To run the script, you need a web application bundler. You can use parceljs. https://parceljs.org/getting_started.html
Instructions
git clone https://github.com/smart-sensor-devices-ab/ble_distance_measure.git
Go inside the folder type in terminal
parcel index.html
The script will scan for five seconds for nearby devices. You can update the value based on your requirements.
You can also run this script from online at https://smart-sensor-devices-ab.github.io/ble_distance_measure/dist/
**Make sure your BleuIO dongle is connected
Read more about how to calculate the distance https://iotandelectronics.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/how-to-calculate-distance-from-the-rssi-value-of-the-ble-beacon/