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

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