piBeacon: 8- Which BLE adapter work

On rPi3 you don't need BLE or WiFi adapters. this test is ONLY for rPi 0,1,2

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BLE type        ibeacon   BLE-Connect   $@amazon
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ioGear
                yes         NO          $12

CSR-chipset an older I had in house           
                yes         yes         $11

Plugable USB Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Micro Adapter
                yes         yes          $14

Kinivo Btd-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter
                yes         yes          $13

SEDNA - USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter Dongle (CSR Chipset)
                yes         yes          $13  !!!!!!!!!! but all adapter come with the same MAC number00:1A:7D:DA:71:11   only use one max!!!! 

HAVIT HV-888 Mini style USB Bluetooth CSR4.0       $7
                yes         yes          $7  !!! don't know if all of them come with the same MAC number. mine has 00:1A:7D:DA:71:14..
looks similar to the SEDNA


If you have other types please add

Karl

updated tested BLE device list with

SEDNA - USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter Dongle (CSR Chipset) <=== do not use !!! all have same MAC address

I have had good success with this adapter that uses the Broadcom chipset (Amazon UK £11.95):

Pluggable USB Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Micro Adapter (Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Raspberry Pi, Linux Compatible; Classic Bluetooth, and Stereo Headset Compatible)

I have the same.. seems to work fine.