BLE sniffer firmware nRF52833 DK

[3Dtj]

Greetings,

We are attempting to install the nRF Sniffer program onto our nRF52833 DK as directed in the Nordic instructions.  We've installed the nRF Connector S/W as well as the Programmer application but when we try to "Select Device" from the drop down we don't see the "Select Device" option.  We've connected our nRF52833 DK to our computer and it's powered up but the Programmer application still doesn't allow the "Select Device" from drop down.   

Is the nRF52833 DK not supported by the nRF Sniffer S/W?  We figured it should be the same as the nRF 52 DK or do we need to purchase a different DK?

Thank you.

[daviddedwin]

There does not seem to be a hex file that directly supports the nRF52833-DK in the nRFSniffer release.  You could try the hex for the nRF52840-DK but I am not certain it would work as the RAM size for the 833 is less than the 840 but worth a try.
Try programming the hex file directly with the nrfjprog tools instead of the nRF Connect Desktop software.

Edit: I tried to flash the nRF52840-DK sniffer firmware on the nRF52833-DK  to see if it would work but unfortunately it did not.

haakonsh Would be nice to get a nRFSniffer that works on the nRF52833-DK. Thanks.

[3Dtj]

Hey  thanks so much.  At least I won't waste time trying to figure out how to upload the Sniffer firmware on the 52833.  Have you uploaded the Sniffer on the nRF52840 DK?  If so then I'll just order that board.

Thanks again!

[daviddedwin]

The Sniffer firmware for the nRF52840-DK and the nRF52832-DK worked as expected and wireshark was able to detect the sniffers.