In this blog post, the author describes their journey of designing a software solution to collect occupancy data across a college campus. They were inspired by their experience with Bluefox occupancy sensors in the dining hall and wanted to explore the design decisions and considerations involved in tracking occupancy metrics using Bluetooth beacons. The author shares their success in writing code to count the number of devices detected and their challenges in finding the right hardware, such as the ESP32 device. They also discuss their data collection process, potential obstacles, and future plans for the project.
https://matthew.science/posts/occupancy/