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# Eddystone
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Support for Eddystone beacons.
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```cards
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eddystone.advertiseUrl("https://pxt.io/", 6);
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eddystone.stopAdvertising();
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```
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### Advanced
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Bluetooth beacons are used to indicate proximity to a place or object of interest.
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Beacons use Bluetooth advertising to broadcast a small amount of data, which can be received and acted upon by anyone in range
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with a suitable device and software, typically a smartphone and application.
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There are various beacon message formats, which define the way Bluetooth advertising packets are used as containers for beacon data.
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iBeacon is Apple's beacon message format. Eddystone comes from Google.
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More information at https://lancaster-university.github.io/microbit-docs/ble/eddystone/
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### See Also
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[eddystone.advertiseUrl](/reference/eddystone/advertise-url),
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[eddystone.stopAdvertising](/reference/eddystone/stop-advertising),
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```package
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eddystone
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```
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