nrf52840 Dongle as Sniffer

[Sri_]

Hi,

Can we use nrf52840 dongle as sniffer for multiple protocols?. Can we sniff non nordic devices by using this?.If not suggest me other nordic products which can use for sniffing?

Regards,

Sri.

[Simonr]

Hi

The nRF52840 Dongle is not supported by the BLE sniffer firmware I'm afraid. However, you can use it with the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4 which supports sniffing for proprietary 802.15.4 protocols, as well as Thread and Zigbee. As for the BLE sniffer, you can use any of the nRF52 series DKs as well as the nRF51 DK and nRF51 Dongle. The only device supporting both these Sniffers is the nRF52840 DK if that's what you'd like.

Best regards,

Simon

[Sri_]

Can we sniff other vendor BLE devices ? (non nordic devices)

[Sri_]

Can we sniff 802.15.4 packets with nrf52840 DK?(Thread and Zigbee)

[Simonr]

Sri_ said:

Can we sniff other vendor BLE devices ? (non nordic devices)

 Yes, the BLE sniffer is able to sniff all BLE activity, be it a Nordic device or not.

Sri_ said:

Can we sniff 802.15.4 packets with nrf52840 DK?(Thread and Zigbee)

 Yes, the nRF52840 is compatible with both the nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4 and the nRF Sniffer for BLE.

Best regards,

Simon