Ellisys Bluetooth Explorer
Bluetooth stack analysis tools

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Overview

The Ellisys Bluetooth® Explorer is a Bluetooth stack analysis tool for traffic monitoring, stacks and drivers debugging, interoperability verification and performance analysis. The Bluetooth Explorer can significantly reduce your R&D development time by finding issues early and debugging more efficiently, and can improve quality and reliability by verifying compliance to the specifications.

Probing Methods

The Ellisys Bluetooth offers convenient ways to sniff the Bluetooth traffic:

• Abstract probing: Abstract probing is a means for sniffing Bluetooth protocol via a software source. Logs of a known format can be imported and converted to an Ellisys trace. A powerful application programming interface (API) is included, and enables writing vendor-specific Bluetooth sources for real-time live import to the analysis software.

• USB HCI probing: USB HCI probing is a convenient way of sniffing a Bluetooth USB dongle. The USB analyzer connects non-intrusively on any link and supports all speeds defined by the USB 2.0 specification.

• UART HCI probing: UART HCI probing is helpful for sniffing an embedded system consisting of a Bluetooth radio chip connected to a microprocessor though UART. The UART analyzer has various ways to connect to the wires, either with flying leads or with DB-9 connectors. The two UART-based protocols defined by the Bluetooth 2.1 specification are supported, as well as CSR-specific BlueCore Serial Protocol (BCSP). All UART speeds are supported (from 300 to 6 Mbps).

• SD HCI probing: SD HCI probing enables sniffing an SDIO Bluetooth card connected to an embedded host. The SD probe connects with an interposer board to the system under test and supports all speeds up to 50 MHz.

• Over-the-air UWB probing: UWB is a high-speed wireless technology considered by the Bluetooth SIG for the upcoming revision of the specification. UWB will be used as high-speed endpoint enabling new multimedia applications. The UWB probe enables over-the-air sniffing of any next generation Bluetooth UWB endpoint.

Configurations

The Bluetooth Explorer Abstract and Bluetooth Explorer Free packages provide for easy import of Bluetooth packets via logs and software sources, and includes a powerful API. Bluetooth Explorer Abstract also provides a comprehensive suite of decodes for the Bluetooth protocol stack.

The Bluetooth Explorer HCI is based on the popular and proven Ellisys USB Explorer™ 260 platform, and includes convenient probing methods for the USB, UART, and SD transport layers, as well as the Bluetooth Explorer Abstract software package.

The Bluetooth Explorer UWB is based on the industry's leading Ellisys WiMedia Explorer™ 300 protocol analyzer, and offers over-the-air analysis of any next generation Bluetooth communication using the high speed UWB PAL.

The table below summarizes the features included in the configurations:

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Testimonials

“We rely on Ellisys protocol test and analysis products to support our development of short-distance wireless communications software. The Ellisys Bluetooth products will greatly assist the developer ecosystem and our Bluetopia customers to ensure wireless product quality, robustness, and interoperability.”
David G. Brenner, VP marketing, Stonestreet One

“Artimi uses Ellisys protocol analyzer products extensively to support a range of development tasks. Ellisys has done a fantastic job with this introduction of Bluetooth analysis products and has also provided great support to early adopters involved in the development of Bluetooth high speed technology.”
Stratos Chatzikyriakos, principal engineer and standards architect, Artimi

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