Real-Time Location Systems appear to be increasingly important in the most varied contexts. The areas in which their implementation is increasingly necessary include industry, healthcare, logistics and intelligent buildings. Such systems provide the ability to locate and track the position of objects, people or resources within a physical space in real time. RTLS systems can...
What is a “gateway” A gateway, in IT and telecommunications, is a device that acts as a connection point between two networks or two heterogeneous systems, allowing them to communicate and exchange data. The need to use a gateway arises from the fact that different networks can use different protocols and communication standards for sending and receiving...
Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth Low Energy was born as part of the basic Bluetooth 4.0 specification. Initially designed by Nokia as Wibree, and then adopted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), its initial goal was to provide a radio standard with the lowest possible power consumption, specifically optimized for communication between smart devices over...
Smart Buildings: Beacons are key to the Building IoT platform As organizations continue to invest in Smart Buildings to achieve greater efficiencies, cost savings, sustainability and convenience, a key component and unsung hero to the Building IoT platform are Bluetooth® Low Energy beacons. What are beacons, exactly? A beacon is a device that emits a radio...
On September 1st, the research and development activities of the ATLAS project have started. ATLAS is co-financed by the POR CREO FESR Toscana 2014-2020 action 1.1.5 sub-action A1 – Call 1, “Strategic Research and Development Projects”, with financial support to benefit of BlueUp Srl equal to EUR 110 950.00. The ATLAS project aims to create...
BlueUp launches SafeX Tracer, a wearable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device designed as a technological aid to control the distance between operators and the tracing of contacts in the workplace for post-emergency management of the Covid-19 epidemic. SafeX Tracer, when worn by an operator, is able to detect other nearby devices. When two or more operators approach each...
BlueUp launches second-generation firmware for its BlueBeacon-series Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons, releasing version 5. This new version is an incredible step forward in the BLE-beacon technology: it is the first firmware worldwide to simultaneously support the two main technologies for proximity beacon, iBeacon and Eddystone, together with Quuppa, a RTLS technology for accurate BLE-tag positioning. Additionally it offers the support...
Market entry of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons dates back to June 2013, with the launch by Apple of iBeacon technology, for micro-location applications (native technology on iOS, but also available on Android). Subsequently, new impetus to BLE beacons was given by the entry of Google in the market, with the launch of a comprehensive...
We are thrilled and proud to announce that BlueUp has been included in the elite group of global manufacturers of BLE beacons certified by Google for a full support for new Eddystone specification, released in May 2016, including: – core Eddystone frames: -UID, -TLM, -URL; – new Eddystone Ephemeral ID (EID) frame; – new Eddystone GATT service, for easy configuration. This...