The Sensors Converge exhibition has concluded with a huge success. Among various exciting innovations showcased at the event, our collaboration with Blecon on the L02S-BCN finished its debut and emerged as a standout highlight. The product launch, conducted by our Ecosystem Manager, Daniel Li, and Blecon’s CEO, Simon Ford, drawing significant crowds eager to delve into the latest advancements in smart beacon solutions.

As the event unfolded, the L02S-BCN became the focus of interests, with visitors flocking to witness how this smart beacon redefines connectivity and efficiency. The dynamic presentation of both Daniel and Simon highlighted its innovations, emphasizing its potential to revolutionize applications ranging from retail and industrial monitoring to healthcare and more.

View the following insightful interview conducted between the CEO of Blecon, Simon Ford, and our Ecosystem Manager, Daniel Lee. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmZi_04iWc&t=1s

Recent years have seen Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons transform industries by enabling indoor navigation, asset tracking, proximity marketing and more. While energy-efficient and cost-effective, these traditional ones lack mechanisms to confirm data receipt, requiring careful deployed gateways and fixed layouts to achieve reliable coverage. Additionally, operating on shared frequency bands without robust encryption, leaving them vulnerable to unauthorized access. In large-scale deployments, maintaining thousands of beacons poses operational challenges, as they often lack over-the-air (OTA) update capabilities, necessitating costly and time-consuming physical interventions for firmware updates.

Introducing L02S-BCN: Next-generation Smart Beacon

With the aim to face these challenges and develop smarter beacons, MOKOSMART and Blecon have joined forces to introduce the L02S-BCN, a next-generation smart beacon combining cutting-edge technology with robust design. The L02S-BCN’s debut was met with great enthusiasm, as it addressed several inherent limitations of traditional beacons. Attendees were particularly impressed by its enhanced performance and reliability.

Equipped with multiple sensors including temperature, humidity, pressure, and a 3-axis acceleration sensor, this device offers unparalleled versatility in a wide range of applications. Built on MOKOSMART’s L02 platform and reimagined for deeper demands, the L02S-BCN is powered by Nordic Semiconductor’s latest nRF54L system-on-chip (SoC) and seamlessly integrated with the Blecon Network.

Enhanced Security: Powered by the Blecon Network, the L02S-BCN boasts secure identity and bi-directional communication that ensures data integrity and confidentiality. By integrating with web infrastructure, the beacon is able to communicate securely to the cloud through Blecon Hotspots without the need for complex pairing processes. This means that it can be deployed effortlessly into various situations without the need for manual configuration or gateway installations, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access.

Flexible Deployment: Designed to be easily integrated into customer applications or analytics platforms, L02S-BCN acts as a seamless addition to existing IoT ecosystems. Through developer-friendly APIs, it provides wealthy information including globally identifiable, timestamped, and context-rich data. This helps product teams to build insights without having to manage connectivity infrastructure. Whether it’s tracking the movement of assets in a warehouse or monitoring the environmental conditions in a hospital, L02S-BCN can be well deployed in a variety of dynamic environments.

Reduced Operational Overhead: One of the most significant advantages of the L02S-BCN is its OTA update capabilities, eliminating the need for physical intervention and significantly reducing operational costs. Additionally, inheriting the advantages of traditional beacons, L02S-BCN’s low power consumption on the coin cell battery significantly reduces frequent battery replacements.

Far Beyond Data Collection: Besides data collection, L02S-BCN is able to locally interpret data by lightweight machine learning (ML) models for activity/anomaly detection and context-aware automation. This approach helps it reduce latency, save power and achieve real-time decision-making, even with intermittent connectivity. Such edge intelligence can be adopted by training and deploying models via the Edge Impulse platform. This streamlined workflow allows product teams to bring machine learning to these Bluetooth devices, opening up new possibilities for further innovation and automation.

As the Sensors Coverage drew to a close, the L02S-BCN made a lasting impression on the exhibition, marking a significant leap forward in BLE beacon technology. The positive responses from industry stakeholders have not only bolstered confidence to strengthen our cooperation with Blecon, but also paves the way for its wide applications. As businesses continue to seek innovative solutions to enhance operations, smart beacons like the L02S-BCN are poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of BLE beacon technology, driving efficiency and automation across industries.

Executive Insights: Partnership Vision

“These Smart Beacons retain the easy-to-deploy form factor and long battery life that made Classic Beacons successful, but dramatically expand their utility to satisfy deeper needs,” said Nick Chen, Principal Engineer at Blecon. “They can continuously collect data offline, detect nearby Bluetooth devices to unlock insights based on proximity, process events locally using AI, and securely sync only useful information to the cloud. And thanks to OTA updates, they can get even smarter over time, and the L02S-BCN is a great example”

“At MOKO, we’ve supported Bluetooth beacon deployments across many industries such as healthcare, warehouse logistics, and exhibitions,” said Jerry Li, Co-Founder at MOKO SMART. “With Blecon’s software and network integration, we’ve evolved our proven design into an intelligent, cloud-connected solution.”

About Blecon

Blecon enables physical products to communicate with cloud applications using Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE). Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, Blecon combines the benefits of Bluetooth with the deployment simplicity of Wi-Fi and the scalability of cellular. With a flexible architecture and developer-friendly tools, Blecon makes Bluetooth LE cloud connectivity accessible to all.

About MOKOSMART

MOKOSMART is a leading manufacturer and provider of ODM, OEM, and IoT devices in China. The company specializes in IoT technology and offers a comprehensive range of products, including Bluetooth Low Energy, LoRaWAN, Wi-Fi, RFID, GPS, LTE, UWB, and other wireless technologies. MOKO SMART’s commitment to innovation and diverse wireless solutions paves the way toward a connected future.