# BLE Asset Tag

> A bolt-on BLE beacon for pallets and equipment, with PHY Coded BLE 5.0 for long range and a lithium cell rated in years.

- **Page** - https://iotready.com/hardware/ble-asset-tag
- **Family** - [BLE](https://iotready.com/hardware/family/ble)
- **Form factor** - Miniature

## At a glance

- **150 m** Open-space range (BLE 5.0)
- **2 years** Battery life
- **IP67** Ingress protection
- **-40 to 70 °C** Operating range

Bolts, ties or sticks onto a pallet, crate or piece of equipment and broadcasts
its identity continuously, so any BLE gateway in range hears it. PHY Coded BLE
5.0 stretches that range to roughly 150 m in open space, well past what a single
anchor needs to cover a warehouse aisle or a yard.

At a one-second advertising interval the lithium cell is rated for two years or
more, so a tag on a returnable pallet or a piece of capital equipment survives
several stock-takes before it needs a swap.

## Specifications

| Parameter | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Dimensions | 58 × 36 × 25 mm |
| Weight | 30 g |
| Radio | Bluetooth LE 4.0/5.0/5.1, nRF52-series chipset |
| Transmit power | Up to +8 dBm |
| Range | Up to 100 m (BLE 4.0); up to 150 m open-space (BLE 5.0, PHY Coded) |
| Advertising | iBeacon, Eddystone (UID/URL/TLM) and sensor data simultaneously; BLE 5.1 angle-of-arrival |
| Sensors | Temperature (±3 °C), accelerometer |
| Battery | ER14505 lithium; 2+ years typical at a 1 s advertising interval |
| Ingress protection | IP67 |
| Operating temperature | −40 °C to +70 °C |

## Used by

- [Asset Tracking](https://iotready.com/solutions/asset-tracking.md): Every asset tracking problem reduces to a reader and a tag. Which of the two is fixed is the main design decision.