NRF52840 dongle work as sniffer?

[WaKo]

Dear Team,

There are some questions about wheather nRF52840 dongle work as BLE5.x sniffer or not in Nordic Q&A.

And all answer are not.

I found update of nRF sniffer and  it had "Updated Supported devices"

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fug_sniffer_ble%2FUG%2Fsniffer_ble%2Fintro.html

Now nRF52840 dongle works as BLE5.x sniffer ?

Best regards.

[role_2099]

Hi WaKo,

Thank you for your reminder, I found that the nrf_sniffer firmware is updated.

3.1.0 version Added support for the nRF52840 Dongle.

The download address is as follows

https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-tools/Development-Tools/nRF-Sniffer-for-Bluetooth-LE/Download#infotabs

Best Regards.

[WaKo]

Thank you for your answer.

So, using nRF52840 dongle and nRF sniffer is able to capture BLE5 ?  

Best Regards.

[role_2099]

Yes, it is possible, I have a ble_central and ble_peripheral base on nrf52832, both can be captured

Best Regards.

[WaKo]

Thank you !