How do Temperature Sensor Beacon Work and what is the Benefits of using it?

BT01 is a high quality smart Bluetooth Temperature Sensor Beacon for the monitoring and recording of temperature. Before getting to know more about BT01, let’s first understand what is BLE ?

Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE) is a form of wireless communication designed especially for short-range communication.  BLE is very similar to Wi-Fi in the sense that it allows devices to communicate with each other. However, BLE is meant for situations where battery life is preferred over high data transfer speeds.

BLE Temperature Sensor Beacons are beacons that communicate via Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE). Beacon devices are small radio transmitters, strategically mounted throughout locations, to broadcast low energy Bluetooth signals in a given range. This range depends on hardware capability. This BLE signal from the beacon is capable of triggering a specific action relevant to the location.

BT01 temperature beacon is small and compact in size, which makes it easily customizable and provides hassle free installation, It has a lot of features with a range of settings for every wireless temperature sensing and logging need. It guarantees high performances (The action range is around 500m) in spite of a very accessible cost . the BT01 is housed with a robust IP67 waterproof and dustproof enclosure, it converts environmental temperature into correspondent digital signal. By connecting to the wireless network, it can upload temperature data to the server.

How do Bluetooth Sensor Beacons Work?

Bluetooth temperature sensor beacons work on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. They are similar to data loggers when it comes to logging data, but they are smaller and their transmission is more efficient.

They need a gateway hotspot which receives the sensor readings and uploads them to a cloud using LTE or Wi-Fi. The gateway hotspot adds a location tag to the picture using GPS or cellular triangulation to verify which location the data was captured at.

Such gateway hotspots can be devices like GPT29.

Advantages of Bluetooth Temperature Sensors :

The advantage of Bluetooth temperature sensors is that they are a touchless solution for data logging.

1.Low power consumption

BLE is designed to address the power usage problem. The main motivation while designing the BLE protocol was to have low energy consumption such that wireless devices can be powered by small coin cell batteries and can still last for years together.

2.Rapid installation and easy integration

There is no need for infrastructure like cables required at destinations, Parameters can be controlled from a smartphone. They have the ability to extract data in the middle of the trip using a smartphone, if needed.

3.Bluetooth temperature sensors

Can carry additional sensors like humidity, shock, tamper, etc.

4.Free Gateway to Internet

BLE devices can easily connect to handheld devices which are already connected to the internet through WiFi or GSM, BLE networks do not require an additional gateway device. The handheld devices act as a free gateway to the internet for the BLE network ensuring ease of use and no additional costs.

Benefits of using BT01 temperature sensor beacon

(1). Smart temperature sensor

BT01 beacon is a highly accurate temperature sensor. The temperature sensor has a range of 0°C to +65°C with accuracy of ±0.5°C. and a range of -40°C to 125°C with accuracy of±1.0°C.

(2). BLE 5.0 version

BT01 is supported by BLE 5.0 (Bluetooth 5.0 chipset nRF52840). It Collects temperature data and broadcast all the necessary through BLE, we can track and monitor Realtime data of 48 hours on mobile app or other BLE product

BT01 Can be used together with the host and the communication is established via Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE).In BT01 one host can connect upto 24 beacons. the data can be uploaded from host to the server which then provides accurate data of the asset.

(3).  Mobile App Connectivity

When using BT01 separately, mobile APP is needed, You can get historical information of the device from APP, and judge the position by RSSI signal.

Along with being low power, another advantage provided by BLE is the ease with which they can be connected to handheld devices such as mobiles and tablets. Most of the handheld devices nowadays are shipped with BLE technology and this allows them to have instant access to any other BLE device. Furthermore, by designing an App (iPhone/Android) in handheld devices, it becomes convenient to access, visualize and configure the data sent by BLE devices.

(4). Some applications

It can be used to manage your logistics, supply chain, warehouses, yards, and enterprise assets.

(5). Battery life

There is no need to change the battery as BT01 provides a stand-by time of 3-5 years & guaranteed 2+ years of battery lifetime, which is a perk of having a smart BLE functionality.

Last words

Eelinktech’s advanced Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless temperature sensors systems can improve the efficiency and ease with which you monitor temperature-controlled storage spaces.

BT01 is designed for rapid installation and easy integration with existing ERPs,storage spaces, or inventory monitoring systems, Eelinktech’s temperature monitoring solutions can help improve your cold chain storage monitoring, supply chain, logistics & asset management.