Sign In SHOP BLOG LEARN FORUMS 0 Items VIDEOS WIRELESS / BLUETOOTH / BLUEFRUIT LE SNIFFER - BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE 4.0) - NRF51822 Bluefruit LE Sniffer Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.0) - nRF51822 Firmware Version 2 PRODUCT ID: 2269 93 IN STOCK ADD TO CART 1 1-9 10-99 100+ ADD TO WISHLIST DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL DETAILS DESCRIPTION Interested in learning how Bluetooth Low Energy works down to the packet level? Debugging your own BLE hardware, and trying to spot where something is going wrong? Or maybe you're writing a custom application for your phone or tablet that needs to talk to existing BLE hardware, but you don't know how it works beneath the surface? We have the perfect tool for you! This Bluefruit LE Friend is programmed with a special firmware image that turns it into an easy to use Bluetooth Low Energy sniffer. You can passively capture data exchanges between two BLE devices, pushing the data into Wireshark, the open source network analysis tool, where you can visualize things on a packet level, with useful descriptors to help you make sense of the values without having to crack open the 2000 page Bluetooth 4.0 Core Specification every time. Please Note: You can only use this device to listen on Bluetooth Low Energy devices! It will not work on Bluetooth (classic) devices. New as of August 2018! We now ship the sniffers with Firmware V2 - this improved firmware from Nordic now has better Wireshark-streaming sniffer software that works with all OSes for live-streamed BLE sniffing The sniffer firmware cannot be used with the the Nordic DFU bootloader firmware, which means that if you want to reprogram this devices you must use a J-Link (and, likely, a SWD adapter + SWD Breakout) You cannot over-the-air reprogram it. Check out our tutorial for more details and software downloads! TECHNICAL DETAILS Datasheets, drivers and EagleCAD files available at the tutorial download page Revision history: As of August 2018 We now ship the sniffers with Firmware V2 - this improved firmware from Nordic now has better Wireshark-streaming sniffer software that works with all OSes for live-streamed BLE sniffing As of April 5, 2017 the board has been updated to change the USB-Serial converter chip to CP2104 and remove the SWD connector (you can get to the SWD connection pads on the bottom of As of July 31st, 2015 we're selling an updated version with a black PCB the firmware/sniffer code/usage is identical, just the PCB color has changed! LEARN Introducing the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Sniffer Have a peek under the hood of BLE, sniffing and visualising traffic down to the packet level Bluefruit LE Connect for iOS Learn how to use your iOS device to control and communicate with Bluefruit LE. Reverse Engineering a Bluetooth Low Energy Light Bulb Control a Bluetooth Low Energy device with your own code! MAY WE ALSO SUGGEST... Bluefruit LE - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.0) - nRF8001 SEGGER J-Link BASE JTAG/SWD Debugger Bluetooth 4.0 USB Module (v2.1 Back-Compatible) SEGGER J-Link EDU JTAG/SWD Debugger Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy by JTAG (2x10 2.54mm) to SWD (2x5 1.27mm) Cable Adapter Adafruit Bluefruit LE UART Friend - Bluetooth Low Espruino Puck.js Flora Wearable Bluefruit LE Module Espruino WiFi Adafruit Bluefruit LE SPI Friend - Bluetooth Low Great Scott Gadgets YARD Stick One - Software DISTRIBUTORS CONTACT SUPPORT DISTRIBUTORS EXPAND TO SEE DISTRIBUTORS "Be quick, but don't hurry" - John Wooden EDUCATORS JOBS FAQ SHIPPING & RETURNS TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY & LEGAL ABOUT US ENGINEERED IN NYC Adafruit (R) 4.9