TI SensorTag As An iBeacon

[DawletMazen]

Hello-

I was very inspired to begin a project related to iBeacons and I was going to try my idea using TI SensorTag first (mostly using the tutorial on EVOTHINGS) when I was struck by the fact that I need to have an Apple iBeacon License to be able to convert the SensorTag to work as an iBeacon based on what is written here: http://www.ti.com/tool/sensortag-sw which completely contradicts with the idea of the SensorTag and have it as a development kit for developers !!!

Does anyone have an idea on how to resolve this issue as I have already purchased the SensorTag

Appreciate your urgent help?

Thanks

[ardiri]

we actually had to go through the same process to convert the TI Sensor tag into an iBeacon - it does add a layer of complexity. i believe it comes down to a license agreement (or, lack of it) between TI and Apple. there are other vendors of Arduino based devices that also allow the use of the BLE device as an iBeacon - such as Light Blue Bean (http://punchthrough.com/bean/) but this would be another purchase. an explanation is provided here (by Jarle Boe, who works at TI)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23801039/ti-sensortag-ibeacon-support