--- product_id: 202371750 title: "BC011" brand: "blue charm beacons" price: "323 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 category: "Blue Charm Beacons" url: https://faroe.desertcart.com/products/202371750-bc011 store_origin: FO region: Faroe Islands --- # Long Range BLE 5.0 16-month Battery Life Customizable Multi-Format Broadcast BC011 **Brand:** blue charm beacons **Price:** 323 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📡 Unlock smart proximity power with Blue Charm Beacons — your invisible edge in connectivity! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** BC011 by blue charm beacons - **How much does it cost?** 323 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [faroe.desertcart.com](https://faroe.desertcart.com/products/202371750-bc011) ## Best For - blue charm beacons enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted blue charm beacons brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Real-Time Battery Monitoring:** Battery level broadcasted live via TLM, eliminating guesswork and downtime. - • **Instant Button-Triggered Actions:** Configurable button trigger to switch broadcasts or activate unique UUIDs, adding dynamic control. - • **Plug-and-Play with Extended Life:** Includes CR2032 battery lasting up to 16 months and 3M tape for effortless mounting anywhere. - • **Seamless Long-Range Connectivity:** BLE 5.0 tech ensures up to 90m transmission, compatible with BLE 4.0 devices for universal reach. - • **Versatile Multi-Format Broadcasting:** Supports iBeacon, Eddystone TLM/URL/UID formats with rich telemetry data for smarter asset tracking. ## Overview The Blue Charm Beacons BC011-MultiBeacon is a compact, BLE 5.0 compatible iBeacon with a unique button trigger feature. It supports multi-format broadcasting including iBeacon and Eddystone protocols, offers customizable settings via free apps, and transmits up to 90 meters. With a 16-month battery life and real-time battery level monitoring, it’s designed for reliable, flexible asset tracking and home automation. ## Description desertcart.com: Blue Charm Beacons Bluetooth BLE iBeacon BC011-MultiBeacon with Button Trigger. : Industrial & Scientific Review: Works perfect! Using these to track when my vehicle arrives home and open the correct garage door. - Small, easy to "install" (double sided tape) and relatively inconspicuous for my purpose. I'm using this to automatically open my garage door when I get close and to reload a device driver in Home Assistant. My scenario: my garage door openers are fairly old (15+ years) and while they do work great, one of them has trouble receiving signal from my Homelink opener in my car. (I almost have to smash the car into the door to get it to open!) Our usual routine included me getting right up on (and I do mean RIGHT up on) the door, opening the OTHER door and going inside to open the door from the other side to my wife opening her mouth (oddly enough, that worked!) I suspect it's her retainer vibrating at the perfect frequency, similar to how Lucille Ball claimed she was picking up CIA radio traffic in her teeth fillings. Obviously, nowhere near ideal. The idea was to use a tracker of some sort, and during my research I found that you want an iBeacon type tracker (which this one is) that can be "programmed" so to speak (broadcast frequency, name, etc.) To integrate this with Home Assistant, you'll need an ESP32 running ESPHome as a BLE tracker/bluetooth proxy. You'll need the MAC address of this device (when you set it up through the app, you'll be able to find it) and define that in your ESP32; that way it doesn't just track every device around that's bluetooth. You'll set a minimum RSSI (received signal strength indicator) so that you don't get false triggers and a minimum time for the device to have lost connection so you don't get false openings. Oh and be sure to give it a name, sometimes Home Assistant/BLE tracker will reject items without a name. You'll need to have your garage door controlled by Home Assistant too, of course. I have a generic Tuya wifi dual-switch garage opener (since I have two doors; it's an older house.) When you leave you manually open (and close) the garage door of course, but the tracker will lose signal to the ESP32. Once it comes back into range ( i.e. it receives a minimum RSSI signal strength you defined before) it will trigger your garage door to open (through an automation you create in Home Assistant.) Mine also reloads an integration I have with my WiCAN pro device, ensuring my WiCAN connects to the garage wifi and updating the fuel/odometer/voltage levels in Home Assistant. If you're not sure how to set this up - ask AI! Seriously, use Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT - they can all help you with it. I did and mine works like a charm. Now when I pull through my gates (I live out in the country, we have gates around the property) my garage door starts opening before I even get near it. I don't even have to bother with my Homelink button other than to open my gates. This thing is small (little bigger than a quarter, and square-ish) so I just double-sided sticky-taped it to the underside of my control console on the ceiling of each of my vehicles. Best part is, since I have two - it can differentiate which door to open! If you just have one door it makes it even easier, but mine opens the correct door when we arrive. The ONLY thing is probably battery life - in order for mine to work the way it does, I have to set the beacon to broadcast twice a second, otherwise I'd be sitting at my door waiting for it to open and I may be where the antenna on the ESP32 can't see it. That means battery life is most likely going to be 6 months to a year (if I'm lucky.) You could probably make an external battery setup (like a pair of lithium AAA's) and that would last multiple years, but these little coin cells don't last all that long. I won't take a point off of for that, as it's just part of the design for it being small. Speaking of - make sure your ESP32 can sit outside for this; my garage faces the side of the house and I have a window facing the street, so I put it there, that way the trackers can be seen inside or out easily. An external antenna on the ESP32 is helpful too. NOTE: other non "iBeacon" types will depend on either Apple or Google for their tracking, and will have severe delays compared to this as they depend on a cloud service AND your phone connectivity. I tried this before and while it would sometimes work, it was very unreliable and when it did, would take forever to actually open the door. I'm halfway to my garage door and it's almost fully open with these AND they are fully local so no cloud service to depend on. Save the other trackers for things like your luggage or keys. I think you can even use these to triangulate a location by using multiple ESP32's too, but I haven't had a need to do that yet. Review: Tiny Beacon, Quietly Useful - These Blue Charm beacons do exactly what they say they do. They were easy to set up, easy to program, and simple to attach to keys or place where needed. The app gives you access to useful settings like the beacon name, measured power, power profile, firmware updates, and different broadcast options depending on what your compatible device or system supports. Once configured, other compatible devices can detect them reliably, and they quietly do their job in the background. Overall, they’re a solid little product: easy to configure, easy to carry, and useful for a variety of Bluetooth beacon needs. I’d definitely recommend them. ## Features - Compact Beacon with Button Trigger: This compact beacon includes all of the usual beacon features as well as a button trigger option that can be configured to trigger different broadcasts or broadcast only for X seconds after being pressed or broadcast a different UUID after pressed. - Long Range BLE 5.0 Compatibility: Features Long Range BLE 5.0 technology while maintaining full compatibility with BLE 4.0 phones and scanners, ensuring broad device support across different Bluetooth versions - Battery Level Monitoring: Shows battery level directly in TLM broadcast transmission, allowing you to monitor power status without needing to physically check the device - Multi-Format Broadcasting: This Multi-Beacon broadcasts your choice of iBeacon, Eddystone TLM, Eddystone URL, and/or Eddystone UID format with Eddystone TLM broadcasting battery strength, temperature, and count data. - Fully Customizable Settings: Beacon name, UUID, TX broadcast strength, broadcast interval, major/minor values are all customizable via free apps with wide TX Power range from -40 to +4dBm and adjustable intervals from 100 to 10,000 milliseconds - Extended Transmission Range: Transmit distance ranges from 0.2 to 90 meters, providing flexible coverage options to tailor to your specific project needs and environment requirements - Complete Package with Long Battery Life: Includes CR2032 battery with up to 16 months battery life at 1 second interval and 0dBm in unconnectable mode, plus 3M double-back tape for easy surface mounting ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B085XN9B7N | | Best Sellers Rank | #59 in Bluetooth Network Adapters | | Brand | Blue Charm Beacons | | Color | Black | | Compatible Devices | Smartphones, Tablets, Other BLE-enabled devices (such as ESP and ESPResence) | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 98 Reviews | | Finish | Blue | | Finish Type | Blue | | Input Voltage | 3 volts | | Item Dimensions | 1.42 x 1.42 x 0.2 inches | | Item Type Name | iBeacon | | Item Weight | 8.6 g | | Item dimensions L x W x H | 1.42 x 1.42 x 0.2 inches | | Manufacturer | Blue Charm Beacons | | Mfr Part Number | BC-011 | | Model Number | BC011 | | Number of Items | 1 | | Number of Ports | 1 | | Package Quantity | 1 | | Power Plug Type | No Plug | | Specific Uses For Product | asset tracking, home automation | | UPC | 600155202726 | | Unit Count | 1 Count | | Warranty Description | 30 days free returns | | Warranty Type | Limited | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Blue Charm Beacons - **Color:** Black - **Compatible Devices:** Smartphones, Tablets, Other BLE-enabled devices (such as ESP and ESPResence) - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 1.42 x 1.42 x 0.2 inches - **Specific Uses For Product:** asset tracking, home automation ## Images ![BC011 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61T+-E0LvfL.jpg) ![BC011 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51P+xn1p6qL.jpg) ![BC011 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615J608Lm9L.jpg) ![BC011 - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/613fcLwLH0L.jpg) ![BC011 - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tFlbkhT5S.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Size** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: can i make this beacon connectable with my android phone so I can use it as the smart lock trusted device feature on my phone?** A: As far as I know, no, you can’t use a beacon as a smart lock trusted device. Why not? Because smart lock works with a connection to a Bluetooth device, e.g. a device such as headphones. When the device is present AND connected to your phone, your phone will stay unlocked. Beacons, on the other hand, do not connect to your phone ever, unless you are configuring them (which you usually will only do once in the lifetime of the beacon). One idea: I can’t guarantee it, but I think one of those “lost keys/luggage” devices would work. I’m definitely not sure about this though, so do some more research first. **Q: Can you use it to send a url?** A: Yes, but you should note that beacons can not cause messages to appear on nearby phones unless those phones have your app installed. Without an app, beacons broadcasting URLs will have no effect on nearby phones. If you are reading articles that say this is possible, those articles are two years out of date. **Q: Could these be set up to track employees leaving and entering the building in lieu of clocking in?** A: Sure, that's one of the most common uses for beacons. Quite a few medical facilities are adding this feature to keep track of doctors, nurses, PAs, etc. and how much time they spend in each treatment room, etc. In this scenario, the employee would carry the beacon with them. The main challenge will be for you to set up a scanner to scan for known beacons and to log the time that they enter and then later exit. This type of hardware is called a gateway, e.g. BLE gateway. Gateways are not cheap and require some tech skills to set up, but it's all doable if you invest some time in learning the basics. Another much cheaper option is to make a DIY gateway using a programmable module such as a ESP32 or similar. You can contact me anytime on the Blue Charm website if you would like more info about this topic. **Q: Can you recommend a usb ble 5.0 dongle to reading these beacons?** A: Wish I had a good answer for this one, but I have not spent any time working with BLE dongles yet. One thing to be careful of: There are many many Bluetooth dongles on Amazon, but nearly all of them are for connecting a bluetooth keyboard to your computer (or headphones to your computer or similar type of application). These will NOT read beacons. What you need is a BLE dongle specifically for reading/scanning beacons. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works perfect! Using these to track when my vehicle arrives home and open the correct garage door. *by T***N on October 4, 2026* Small, easy to "install" (double sided tape) and relatively inconspicuous for my purpose. I'm using this to automatically open my garage door when I get close and to reload a device driver in Home Assistant. My scenario: my garage door openers are fairly old (15+ years) and while they do work great, one of them has trouble receiving signal from my Homelink opener in my car. (I almost have to smash the car into the door to get it to open!) Our usual routine included me getting right up on (and I do mean RIGHT up on) the door, opening the OTHER door and going inside to open the door from the other side to my wife opening her mouth (oddly enough, that worked!) I suspect it's her retainer vibrating at the perfect frequency, similar to how Lucille Ball claimed she was picking up CIA radio traffic in her teeth fillings. Obviously, nowhere near ideal. The idea was to use a tracker of some sort, and during my research I found that you want an iBeacon type tracker (which this one is) that can be "programmed" so to speak (broadcast frequency, name, etc.) To integrate this with Home Assistant, you'll need an ESP32 running ESPHome as a BLE tracker/bluetooth proxy. You'll need the MAC address of this device (when you set it up through the app, you'll be able to find it) and define that in your ESP32; that way it doesn't just track every device around that's bluetooth. You'll set a minimum RSSI (received signal strength indicator) so that you don't get false triggers and a minimum time for the device to have lost connection so you don't get false openings. Oh and be sure to give it a name, sometimes Home Assistant/BLE tracker will reject items without a name. You'll need to have your garage door controlled by Home Assistant too, of course. I have a generic Tuya wifi dual-switch garage opener (since I have two doors; it's an older house.) When you leave you manually open (and close) the garage door of course, but the tracker will lose signal to the ESP32. Once it comes back into range ( i.e. it receives a minimum RSSI signal strength you defined before) it will trigger your garage door to open (through an automation you create in Home Assistant.) Mine also reloads an integration I have with my WiCAN pro device, ensuring my WiCAN connects to the garage wifi and updating the fuel/odometer/voltage levels in Home Assistant. If you're not sure how to set this up - ask AI! Seriously, use Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT - they can all help you with it. I did and mine works like a charm. Now when I pull through my gates (I live out in the country, we have gates around the property) my garage door starts opening before I even get near it. I don't even have to bother with my Homelink button other than to open my gates. This thing is small (little bigger than a quarter, and square-ish) so I just double-sided sticky-taped it to the underside of my control console on the ceiling of each of my vehicles. Best part is, since I have two - it can differentiate which door to open! If you just have one door it makes it even easier, but mine opens the correct door when we arrive. The ONLY thing is probably battery life - in order for mine to work the way it does, I have to set the beacon to broadcast twice a second, otherwise I'd be sitting at my door waiting for it to open and I may be where the antenna on the ESP32 can't see it. That means battery life is most likely going to be 6 months to a year (if I'm lucky.) You could probably make an external battery setup (like a pair of lithium AAA's) and that would last multiple years, but these little coin cells don't last all that long. I won't take a point off of for that, as it's just part of the design for it being small. Speaking of - make sure your ESP32 can sit outside for this; my garage faces the side of the house and I have a window facing the street, so I put it there, that way the trackers can be seen inside or out easily. An external antenna on the ESP32 is helpful too. NOTE: other non "iBeacon" types will depend on either Apple or Google for their tracking, and will have severe delays compared to this as they depend on a cloud service AND your phone connectivity. I tried this before and while it would sometimes work, it was very unreliable and when it did, would take forever to actually open the door. I'm halfway to my garage door and it's almost fully open with these AND they are fully local so no cloud service to depend on. Save the other trackers for things like your luggage or keys. I think you can even use these to triangulate a location by using multiple ESP32's too, but I haven't had a need to do that yet. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tiny Beacon, Quietly Useful *by P***R on May 30, 2026* These Blue Charm beacons do exactly what they say they do. They were easy to set up, easy to program, and simple to attach to keys or place where needed. The app gives you access to useful settings like the beacon name, measured power, power profile, firmware updates, and different broadcast options depending on what your compatible device or system supports. Once configured, other compatible devices can detect them reliably, and they quietly do their job in the background. Overall, they’re a solid little product: easy to configure, easy to carry, and useful for a variety of Bluetooth beacon needs. I’d definitely recommend them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really good for home automation *by A***N on March 12, 2022* Using these with room assistant to track everything from water bottles to my AirPods. They take a few seconds to update but their ease of setup and configuration options, ability to lock down and replaceable battery means I’ll be using these for quiet some time. ## Frequently Bought Together - Blue Charm Beacons - Bluetooth BLE iBeacon (BC011-MultiBeacon) - Shows Battery Level in Broadcast - Long Range BLE 5.0 - Blue Charm Beacons - Bluetooth BLE iBeacon (BC021-MultiBeacon) with Movement Sensor - Long Range BLE 5.0 - Blue Charm Beacons - Long Range Phy (300m) Water-Resistant BLE iBeacon (BC04P-MultiBeacon) - w/Adjustable Movement Sensor --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://faroe.desertcart.com/products/202371750-bc011](https://faroe.desertcart.com/products/202371750-bc011) --- *Product available on Desertcart Faroe Islands* *Store origin: FO* *Last updated: 2026-10-29*