The Adafruit Bluefruit LE Sniffer is a must have tool for developers of hardware or software that relies on Bluetooth LE. This handy gadget will listen in on data traffic between two devices and push the conversation to Wireshark for analysis down to the packet level. On Windows machines you can use Nordic's software to stream live data to Wireshark or save it to a pcap file for offline analysis. Adafruit have example software in Python which will work with any operating system to capture Bluetooth data to pcap files. The Bluetooth LE Sniffer only works with Bluetooth LE devices, it can't be used to sniff Bluetooth Classic traffic. As the board's firmware occupies the whole of the onboard memory, there's no room for a bootloader which means that it can't be re-programmed over the air. To re-programme the board you can use a J-Link and SWD adaptor. Supplied as a fully assembled board.
- Analyse Bluetooth LE data links using Wireshark
- Stream live data on Windows, capture pcap files on other operating systems
- Examine data traffic down to the packet level
- Adafruit part no. 2269
We also supply this board with serial link firmware (Bluetooth LE Friend, 75-0585) which does include a bootloader so that you can programme it over the air. The Friend board does not have sniffing capabilities.
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