5.3.23.1 Demo with Physical Web Application
Eddystone is the backbone of the Physical Web initiative from Google. For more information on the
Physical Web, refer to
https://google.github.io/physical-web/
The following demo shows how the Eddystone application running on an ATSAMB11-MR/ZR device
works seamlessly with the Physical Web Android application.
1.
Install the Physical Web Android application in a BLE compatible android device.
2.
Build and run the
EDDYSTONE_URL_APP
in the hardware setup.
3.
Open the Physical Web app to detect the URL emitted by the beacon node, as shown in the
following figure.
Figure 5-77. Physical Web App Detecting Eddystone-URL
4.
Click the
Menu
button to open the “Edit URL” option; this requests that the user to put the beacon
in Configuration mode. Pressing the SW0 button on the Xplained Pro board for 3 seconds (long
press) puts the beacon device in Configuration mode.
5.
The URL configuration window will pop-up once the Android device establishes connection with the
beacon’s configuration service, as shown in the following figure. Change the URL value to a
different one; make sure to use a shortened URL as the size of encoded URL is limited to 17 bytes.
Google’s URL shortener can be used for this purpose
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