diff --git a/libraries/BTstackLib/examples/LEDeviceScanner/LEDeviceScanner.ino b/libraries/BTstackLib/examples/LEDeviceScanner/LEDeviceScanner.ino
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b106654b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/BTstackLib/examples/LEDeviceScanner/LEDeviceScanner.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <BTstackLib.h>
+#include <SPI.h>
+
+/*
+   EXAMPLE_START(LEDeviceScanner): LE Device Scanner
+
+   @text The LE Device Scanner monitors BLE device advertisements,
+   keeping track of one or more known devices as they appear.
+*/
+
+// Application state
+int counter[2] = {0, 0};
+BD_ADDR known_devices[2] = {BD_ADDR("DB:88:B6:70:9E:EB"),
+                            BD_ADDR("C9:60:BD:F2:B4:9D")
+                           };
+
+/*
+   @section Setup
+
+   @text After BTstack.setup(), BTstack is configured to call
+   advertisementCallback whenever an Advertisement was received.
+*/
+/* LISTING_START(LEDeviceScannerSetup): LE Device Scanner Setup */
+void setup(void) {
+  Serial.begin(9600);
+  BTstack.setBLEAdvertisementCallback(advertisementCallback);
+  BTstack.setup();
+  BTstack.bleStartScanning();
+}
+/* LISTING_END(LEDeviceScannerSetup): LE Device Scanner Setup */
+
+/*
+   @section Loop
+
+   @text In the standard Arduino loop() function, BTstack's loop() is called.
+*/
+/* LISTING_START(LEDeviceScannerLoop): Loop */
+void loop(void) {
+  BTstack.loop();
+}
+/* LISTING_END(LEDeviceScannerLoop): Loop */
+
+/*
+   @section Advertisement Callback
+
+   @text Whenever an Advertisement is received, isIBeacon() checks if
+   it contains an iBeacon.
+
+   If it's not an iBeacon, the BD_ADDR is compared to the address we are
+   looking for and the counter is incremented.
+*/
+/* LISTING_START(LEDeviceScannerAdvertisementCallback): Advertisement Callback
+*/
+void advertisementCallback(BLEAdvertisement *bleAdvertisement) {
+  if (!(bleAdvertisement->isIBeacon())) {
+    Serial.print("Device discovered: ");
+    Serial.println(bleAdvertisement->getBdAddr()->getAddressString());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(counter) / sizeof(int); i++) {
+      if (memcmp(bleAdvertisement->getBdAddr()->getAddress(),
+                 known_devices[i].getAddress(), sizeof(known_devices[i])) == 0) {
+        counter[i]++;
+        Serial.printf("Known device: %s, has been discovered %d times.\n",
+                      known_devices[i].getAddressString(), counter[i]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+/* LISTING_END(LEDeviceScannerAdvertisementCallback): Advertisement Callback */
diff --git a/libraries/BTstackLib/src/BTstackLib.cpp b/libraries/BTstackLib/src/BTstackLib.cpp
index 43942213..d052d7ab 100644
--- a/libraries/BTstackLib/src/BTstackLib.cpp
+++ b/libraries/BTstackLib/src/BTstackLib.cpp
@@ -396,9 +396,13 @@ BD_ADDR::BD_ADDR(void) {
 }
 
 BD_ADDR::BD_ADDR(const char * address_string, BD_ADDR_TYPE address_type) : address_type(address_type) {
-    (void) address_string;
-    // TODO: implement
-    // log_error("BD_ADDR::BD_ADDR(const char *, BD_ADDR_TYPE) not implemented yet!");
+    int processed = sscanf(address_string, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx", address, address + 1,
+                           address + 2, address + 3, address + 4, address + 5);
+    if (processed != 6) { // Set address to zeroes if we did not get six bytes back.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+            address[i] = 0;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 BD_ADDR::BD_ADDR(const uint8_t address[6], BD_ADDR_TYPE address_type) : address_type(address_type) {