tileFinder

A simple bluetooth tile scanner base on Noble.

Requirements

If you are using an Raspberry Pi 2, make sure you have a BLE dongle. For Raspberry Pi 3 BLE is onboard, so no need to add a dongle. You can also run this from a macOS (haven't test in Windows). To find out the MAC address of your Tile use a macOS.

Raspberry PI requirements

tileFinder requires Node.js to run. Make sure you have the latest version by using the latest nodejs. The following will update a Raspberry Pi nodejs to the latest version:

$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install flite

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/noelportugal/tilefinder
$ cd tilefinder
$ npm install

Adding Tile information

First run the following spcript from a macOS. This will help you retrieve the MAC addresses of you tiles.

$ node getTileInfo.js

Then modify main.js (in Rapsberry Pi). Change the name and address to fit your needs.

var tile1 = {name: 'Backpack', address: 'XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX'};
var tile2 = {name: 'Notebook', address: 'XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX'};
var tile3 = {name: 'Lunchbox', address: 'XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX'};

Testing proximity

Adjust the proximityThreshold in main.js

var proximityThreshold = 65;

Run

$ sudo node main.js

Extend

You can add more actions like speaking (using flite), turn on an LED or play an MP3 by executing a script or running a program using a child_process. Uncomment this line and add your executable.

exec('/home/pi/[SCRIPT_OR_BINARY_TO_EXECUTE]');