Descrption:

ABSniffer 528 is based on Nordic's NRF52832 -- The most powerful BLE module.

• Built in USB Serial converter CP2104
• Uses the fancy Nordic NRF52832 chipset
• Optional Command to scan BLE device advertisement data (if loaded custom firmware)

You can also program connectivity firmware from nordic. Which mean you can use pc-ble-driver to drive the dongle. pc-ble-driver consists of a set of static and shared libraries that provide serial port communication (using SoftDevice API serialization) to an nRF5x IC running the connectivity firmware included. Javascript and Python binding for pc-ble-driver are available.

If you want to reprogram this devices you must use a J-Link.

Specification:

• ARM Cortex M4F (with HW floating point acceleration) running at 64MHz
• 512KB flash and 64KB SRAM
• Built in USB Serial converter
• USB 2.0 full speed support
• Bluetooth Low Energy compatible 2.4GHz radio (Details available in the nRF52832 product specification)
• 1.7v to 3.3v operation with internal linear and DC/DC voltage regulators
• Measures 61mm x 19mm x 8mm with case

Pinouts

• NRF52832 :CP2104
• P0.06 TXD :RXD
• P0.08 RXD :TXD

The pins for re-programming. These five pins are in same line. You can re-programming the usb dongle with 1.27mm 5 pin header.

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