# Detect iBeacons using Spark Core and BLE Mini **URL:** \ **Category:** Project Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554 "2014-07-05T09:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mike100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Mike100](https://community.particle.io/u/Mike100)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/21 "2015-05-07T14:45:00Z")
@krvarma, many thanks for the suggestion. I modified your code to output to an arduino serial and removed the 1000ms delay, but the delay remains ( still trying to work out why ) I’m really trying to find a way to make it so that if a beacon is set to advertise every 20ms, the BLE mini would pick each up and pass it to the serial to print (Im trying to get as much resolution on the change of distance of a beacon as possible ) ---
**Author:** ![krvarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/krvarma/32/3089_2.png) [@krvarma](https://community.particle.io/u/krvarma)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/22 "2015-05-08T03:25:54Z")
@Mike100, let me check this weekend and get back here. ---
**Author:** ![raza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@raza](https://community.particle.io/u/raza)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/23 "2015-06-02T22:44:17Z")
Hi Mike, KRVarma, I’m a newbie trying to hookup a BLE Mini with an Arduino Mega and attempting to listen to a Beacon Module Bluetooth 4.0 (CC2541). If you don’t mind, can you please share what modifications you did to the code to get it to work with Arduino? Thanks! Instead of displaying results on the screen, I am trying to simply have an LED light up for a particular set of beacons. ---
**Author:** ![krvarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/krvarma/32/3089_2.png) [@krvarma](https://community.particle.io/u/krvarma)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/24 "2015-06-03T02:36:44Z")
@raza, it should work by changing the Serial1 to Serial or SoftSerial. I have tried while working on this project. First I tried with Arduino and then converted to Spark Core. ---
**Author:** ![bravomikebravo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bravomikebravo](https://community.particle.io/u/bravomikebravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/25 "2015-10-26T19:13:04Z")
Can this program be used to detect Google Eddystone beacons? I’m looking for a way to “see” the URL that the Eddystone beacon broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![krvarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/krvarma/32/3089_2.png) [@krvarma](https://community.particle.io/u/krvarma)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/26 "2015-10-27T03:26:22Z")
@bravomikebravo, this as such will not work for Eddystone because the Advertisement Data is very different. We have to modify it to parse the Eddystone data. So by parsing the Eddystone Advertisement data, we can use this for your purpose. ---
**Author:** ![d.tsonchev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@d.tsonchev](https://community.particle.io/u/d.tsonchev)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/27 "2016-03-08T09:09:44Z")
Hello I Test your program, but Arduino reset at a certain time I put the following line ```auto void setup(){ Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println("START"); BTSerial.begin(57600); hci_init(); } to give the following RSSI: 169, 169 iBeacon UUID: B9:40:7F:30:F5:F8:46:6E:AF:F9:25:55:6B:57:FE:6D iBeaconMajor: 1915 Minor: 28520 Measured Power: BC RSSI: 104, 104 iBeacon UUID: 00:09:8C:7D:9D:66:7C:B9:1E:02:01:06:1A:FF:4C:6D iBeaconMajor: 1915 Minor: 28520 Measured Power: BC START RSSI: 177, 177 iBeacon UUID: B9:40:7F:30:F5:F8:46:6E:AF:F9:25:55:6B:57:FE:6D iBeaconMajor: 5953 Minor: -18880 Measured Power: B6 RSSI: 177, 177 iBeacon UUID: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:6D iBeaconMajor: 5953 Minor: -18880 Measured Power: B6 RSSI: 170, 170 iBeacon UUID: B9:40:7F:30:F5:F8:46:6E:AF:F9:25:55:6B:57:FE:6D iBeaconMajor: 4533 Minor: -14213 Measured Power: BC RSSI: 170, 170 iBeacon UUID: 7F:30:F5:F8:46:6E:AF:F9:25:55:6B:57:FE:6D:11:6D iBeaconMajor: 4533 Minor: -14213 Measured Power: BC START RSSI: 174, 174 iBeacon UUID: B9:40:7F:30:F5:F8:46:6E:AF:F9:25:55:6B:57:FE:6D iBeaconMajor: 5953 Minor: -18880 Measured Power: B6 ``` ---
**Author:** ![developer\_bt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/developer_bt/32/1311_2.png) [@developer\_bt](https://community.particle.io/u/developer_bt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/28 "2017-06-16T19:03:46Z")
Hello! Can you use another Bluetooth module for the same application? In particular I am interested in whether this module can be used: [https://shop.mikroe.com/ble-2-click](https://shop.mikroe.com/ble-2-click) in combination with Electron. @krvarma @jbennett @peekay123 @ScruffR Have a nice weekend 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![krvarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/krvarma/32/3089_2.png) [@krvarma](https://community.particle.io/u/krvarma)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/29 "2017-06-21T17:33:27Z")
@developer_bt, the code is for BLE Mini board and it uses HCI commands. I am not familiar with the BLE2 Click board and not sure it supports HCI commands. Even if it supports you have to change the code for this board. ---
**Author:** ![developer\_bt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/developer_bt/32/1311_2.png) [@developer\_bt](https://community.particle.io/u/developer_bt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/30 "2017-06-22T11:05:20Z")
Hi @krvarma Thanks for the answer. I currently have only this module. I’ll check it out, but it looks like I will have to buy BLE mini. ---
**Author:** ![developer\_bt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/developer_bt/32/1311_2.png) [@developer\_bt](https://community.particle.io/u/developer_bt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/31 "2017-06-27T15:03:29Z")
@krvarma Did you manage to successfully read more than one ibeacon? Or the problem has not yet been found. ---
**Author:** ![krvarma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/krvarma/32/3089_2.png) [@krvarma](https://community.particle.io/u/krvarma)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/32 "2017-06-30T02:57:38Z")
@developer_bt, no, I didn’t solve that. It is kept aside for a long time. I am sure when I will be able to resume it since I am busy with other works. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![developer\_bt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/developer_bt/32/1311_2.png) [@developer\_bt](https://community.particle.io/u/developer_bt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554/33 "2017-06-30T11:15:19Z")
Thanks for the answer. I’ll see what can be done. [Previous page](https://community.particle.io/t/detect-ibeacons-using-spark-core-and-ble-mini/5554.md?page=1)