Ellisys Bluetooth Explorer 400 (BEX400) Protocol Analysis
The Ellisys Bluetooth Explorer 400 is an all in one Bluetooth protocol analyzer for traffic monitoring stack and driver debugging interoperability verification, and performance analysis. Its Ellisys Rainbow wideband radio captures all Bluetooth channels at once instead of following one device frequency hopping sequence. That makes it non intrusive, and it can receive any packet from any nearby device. Engineers use it from early chip development through to qualification testing and it can also capture Wi-Fi, logic, and HCI traffic at the same time.
Key Features Ellisys Bluetooth Explorer
- Ellisys Rainbow wideband capture: concurrent capture of all Bluetooth channels across 2.402 to 2.480 GHz so there is no need to hop with a given piconet
- All Bluetooth modulations: BR, EDR, and LE (GFSK 1 and 2 Mbit/s, π/4-DQPSK, and 8-DPSK), with support for Bluetooth 5.2 and upgrades delivered through software
- High RF sensitivity: from -90 to +15 dBm with programmable gain from -30 to +15 dB
- Early support for new features: software updates support new and pre release specification changes without hardware changes
- One-click concurrent, synchronized capture of several interfaces: Bluetooth over the air, Wi-Fi, logic, HCI, and serial traffic in a single trace
- Wi-Fi capture: 802.11 2×2 a/b/g/n with 20 or 40 MHz channels helpful for coexistence debugging
- Logic capture: up to 20 MHz bandwidth with 5 ns sampling precision and a supported input of 1.8 to 7 V
- HCI capture: USB HCI (low, full, and high speed, with automatic detection) UART HCI up to 8 Mbit/s and SPI HCI up to 8 Mbit/s
- Encrypted traffic decoding: can decrypt captured encrypted traffic when keys are known or deduced from well known public keys in some modes
- Protocol decoding and analysis: a configurable Protocol Overview and decoding of profiles and protocols such as GATT, ATT, and the Link Layer
- No per-computer licenses: the hardware can be used on any computer with the Rainbow engine updated automatically with each software release
- USB-connected, with analyzer software for Windows
Typical Applications
- Debugging Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy devices
- Bluetooth stack and driver development and verification
- Interoperability and qualification testing
- Coexistence analysis between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
- Performance analysis and troubleshooting connection and pairing problems
- Investigating encrypted links in development
Why Choose It
The Ellisys Bluetooth Explorer BEX400 captures everything that a Bluetooth link does over the air and at the host interface in one synchronized view. Because the radio is software reconfigurable it keeps up with new Bluetooth versions without replacement.
