What is Bluetooth Road Stud Beacon?

Bluetooth road stud is a kind of Bluetooth beacon. It is a hardware device based on the low-power Bluetooth BLE (Bluetooth 4.0 and above) broadcast protocol and is compatible with the iBeacon or Eddystone protocol. As a BLE device, it is usually installed in a specific location indoors. As the reference point of the indoor location, it continuously broadcasts to the surrounding environment. It does not need to be connected to any host device but only needs to be scanned and analyzed by the host device. Compared with ordinary Bluetooth beacons, the outstanding features of Bluetooth road studs are waterproof, explosion-proof, and pressure resistance, which is suitable for outdoor applications.

The advantage of road stud beacon as follows:

1. Low power consumption, long standby time, no external power supply required.

2. Easy to install. It can be installed on the ground or hanging by using 3M glue or epoxy glue.

3. High compatibility and adaptability. Compatible with most models on the market

4. Waterproof (IP68), dustproof, fireproof, explosion-proof, and pressure-resistant.

It is suitable for indoor positioning and navigation in harsh conditions such as parks, scenic outdoor positioning and navigation, shared bicycle electronic fences, and chemical plants.

HY-KTB809 is a Bluetooth road stud beacon, designed by Shenzhen Huayang Xinke Electronics Co., Ltd. It is based on Nordic chip nRF52801, IP68 waterproof, main features are as follows:

Application include Patrol, Indoor Navigation, smart parking, Information push, identity recognition etc. it used in many parks, scenic spots, parking lots.