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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.

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    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.

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

  • 0 in reply to daviddedwin

    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!

  • 0 in reply to 3Dtj

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

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    Hello,

    as daviddedwin says, the nrf52840 .hex file doesn't work out of the box with the nRF52833 DK, unfortunately. 

    I'll create an internal ticket letting the developers know that there is currently no pca10100 .hex files, but I don't know when/if that will be published. I guess it depends on their worklog. 

    The nRF52840 DK works with the sniffer_nrf52840dk_nrf52840_7cc811f.hex file, but if you want a cheaper solution, you can now use the nRF52 Dongle with the sniffer_nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_7cc811f.hex file from nRF Sniffer for Bluetooth v3.1.0.

    Note that the nRF52 dongle doesn't have an onboard debugger, so you need to use nRF Connect for Desktop to flash it (not a problem), but it makes it not great for application development. If you intend to do application development on the nRF52840, I would recommend an nRF52840 DK. If you need it just as a sniffer, or alternatively as a development tool with nRF Connect for Desktop, the dongle should work just fine!

    Best regards,

    Edvin

  • 0 in reply to Edvin

    Additionally the nRF52-Dongle will need some more work to get it to work on Windows 7 as the nRF Connect Desktop only supports the driver for Win 10 out of the box.

    Can you also request addition of the Win 7 drivers in nRF Connect Desktop so we dont have to hand edit the inf files.

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