Overview of DSBC-150/151/152 Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
The sub models of DSBC-150/151/152 outdoor waterproof Bluetooth LE beacons have the accelerometer and support iBeacon function. The series includes models with additional sensor capabilities: the DSBC-151-3 includes accelerometer and gyroscope support, while the DSBC-150-5 integrates an air pressure sensor. Furthermore, the DSBC-152-1 is designed to support external temperature and humidity probes. The DSBC-150-6 model can store up to 16,380 records, with flexible acquisition and storage time intervals ranging from 1000ms to 900000ms, making it ideal for long-term data collection.
The DSBC-150/151/152 outdoor BLE beacons come equipped with a built-in Power Amplifier (PA) that significantly enhances their signal transmission capabilities. This feature allows the beacons to deliver extended range and improved reliability in communication, even in challenging outdoor environments. The power amplifier boosts the signal strength, ensuring data can be transmitted over longer distances without loss of integrity, which is crucial in applications where consistent and reliable connectivity is needed across large areas. This capability makes the beacons particularly effective for use in extensive operations such as logistics, asset tracking, and remote environmental monitoring, where maintaining a stable connection is essential for accurate real-time data collection and analysis.
These BLE beacons are small-sized, low-weighted, easily portable and highly accurate for wide use in cold chain logistics, archives, labs, museums, outdoor etc.
Features
- High accuracy and stability;
- Built-in highly sensitive temperature and humidity sensor SHTC3(Sensirion);
- Real-time display temperature and humidity;
- Can by OTA update version; Android / IOS SDK
- Support accelerometer & gyroscope (DSBC-151-3).
- Support air pressure sensor (DSBC-150-5)
- Support temperature & humidity probe (DSBC-152-1)
- Support history data
DSBC-150-6
16380 records stored
Acquisition and storage time interval: 1000ms~900000ms; default: 5000ms.
Application
- Refrigerated storage and transportation
- Archives
- Experimental (test) rooms
- Workshop
- Museums
- Pharmaceutical environment
- Fresh transport
- Other outdoor places
How the Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon Works
The DSBC-150/151/152 outdoor BLE beacons operate by continuously broadcasting packets of data at a specified frequency. This data can be captured and utilized by two main types of receiving devices: Bluetooth gateways and mobile phones.
BLE Gateway Works with Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
When used with a Bluetooth beacon gateway, the beacons transmit their data to the gateway, which acts as an intermediary device. The gateway receives the beacon’s broadcast packets and then relays this information to the cloud using either Wi-Fi or LTE, typically at a rate of once per second. This setup enables real-time data processing and storage, making it suitable for applications that require continuous monitoring and analysis over large areas.
Mobile Phone Works with Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
For personal or localized applications, a mobile phone with Bluetooth functionality can directly receive the broadcasted data from the BLE beacons. By utilizing a specific application on the mobile phone, users can parse and interpret the received data, allowing for real-time access to environmental or location information. This direct mobile integration allows for flexibility in numerous applications, ranging from personal monitoring to small-scale asset tracking.
Appearance of DSBC-150/151/152 Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
Specification of DSBC-150/151/152 Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
| Protocol | Built-in PA | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth 5.0 | With PA | Main IC: nRF52820 Main IC: RFX2401 Transmission frequency: 2.400 - 2.4835GHz TX power: 19.5dBm,adjustable Communication rate: 1Mbps RX sensitivity: -95 dBm Transmission distance：100~200 meters （open area） |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | With PA | Main IC: nRF52820 Transmission frequency: 2.400 - 2.4835GHz TX power: 19.5dBm,adjustable Communication rate: 125kbps RX sensitivity: -103 dBm Transmission distance：200~300 meters （open area） |
| Sensor type | Sensor IC | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Motion | ICM-20600 （6axis） |
Accelermeter range: ±2g, ±4g, ±8g, ±16g adjustable Gyroscope range: ±250, ±500, ±1000, and ±2000 degrees/sec |
| Temperature &humidity |
SHTC3 | Detect temperature range: -40℃~ +65℃ Temperature accuracy: ±0.4℃(0~65℃), ±1.5℃（-40~0℃） Detect humidity range: 0 ~100%RH Humidity accuracy: ±3% (20~80%RH), ±6%（0~20%RH,80~100%RH） Remark: The detect range just for sensor (probe), avoid to put the product into space under -30℃, so just DSBC-152 can detect the temperature -30~-40°C |
| Air pressure | BME280 | Air pressure accuracy: ±0.25% Pressure detection range: 300~1100hPa |
| Item | Performance |
|---|---|
| Basis | ●Operation temperature: -30~65°C ●Outline size： 70MM * 40MM * 40MM (MAIN BODY) ●Net weight：~130g ●IP protection: IP66(DSBC-150), IP68(DSBC-151) |
| Certification | TBD |
Model List of Outdoor Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon
| Model | Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 | Beacon | Built-in PA(2) | history data | Long range | T&H detect | Air pressure | Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSBC-150-1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | MP | ||||||
| DSBC-150-4 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | MP | |||||
| DSBC-151-3 | ● | iBeacon (1) | ● | ● | ● | MP | |||||
| DSBC-151-4 | ● | iBeacon (1) | ● | MP | |||||||
| DSBC-151-5 | ● | iBeacon (1) |
● | ● | MP | ||||||
| DSBC-152-1 | ● | ● | ● | Probe(3) | MP |
| Model | Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 | Beacon | Built-in PA(2) | history data | Long range | T&H detect | Air pressure | Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSBC-150-5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | On going | ||||
| DSBC-150-6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | MP |
Remark:
(1) Can be designed as a standard iBeacon,Eddystone protocol, can also meet the needs of broadcast package customization.
(2) Can be customized to remove.
(3) Probe will also use the SHTC3.
