Bluetooth Vanguard, System Specifications
Bluetooth Capture Characteristics
- Ellisys Rainbow™: Industry’s first wideband concurrent capture of all Bluetooth channels. Introduced in 2010.
- Diversified Capture with two full concurrent capture paths
- Frequency band: 2.402-2.480 GHz
- Sensitivity range: From -90 to +15 dBm
- Gain: Programmable from -30 to +30 dB
- Modulations: All BR/EDR/LE modulations (GFSK 1/2Mbps, p/4-DQPSK, 8-DPSK)
- Baseband: Upgradeable by software.
- Advanced support of Isochronous Channels for LE Audio and Channel Sounding with t-zero technology.
- LE Higher Bands (UNII-1/3/4/5) support as hardware option.
- Prototyping support of LE HDT.
- Preliminary support of non-released specifications available.
Wi-Fi 5 Capture Characteristics
- IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wave 1 (3 streams)
- Channel width 2.4GHz: 20MHz, 40MHz
- Channel width 5GHz: 20MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz
- 11n MCS: 0 to 23 (up to 3 streams)
- 11ac MCS: 0 to 9 (up to 3 streams)
- Guard Interval: 800ns (long) and 400ns (short)
- Frame encoding: BCC, LDPC, STBC, Greenfield
- Max AMPDU size: 65,535 bytes
- Timing accuracy: 125 ns
Wi-Fi 6E Capture Characteristics
- IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (3 streams)
- Band 2.4GHz: 2.400GHz-2.4835GHz
- Band 5GHz: 5.150GHz-5.825GHz
- Band 6GHz: 5.925GHz-7.125GHz
- Bandwidth 2.4GHz: Up to 40MHz (2×2)
- Bandwidth 5/6GHz: Up to 160MHz (3×3)
- HT MCS: 0 to 15 (2SS, up to 64-QAM)
- VHT MCS: 0 to 9 (2SS,up to 256-QAM)
- HE MCS: 0 to 11 (2SS, up to 1024-QAM)
- Guard Interval: 800ns (long) and 400ns (short)
- Frame encoding: BCC, LDPC, STBC, Greenfield
- Max AMPDU size: 65,535 bytes
- Timing accuracy: 125 ns
Low-speed Serial Capture Characteristics
- UART: Up to 8 Mbit/s automatic detection of all parameters
- SPI: Up to 8 Mbit/s, automatic detection of all parameters
- I2C: Up to 1 Mb/s
- SWD: Up to 8 Mb/s
- FiRA UCI: Up to 1 Mb/s
- CAN bus: CAN 2.0 and CAN FD, up to 8 Mb/s
HCI Capture Characteristics
- USB transport: Low, Full, and High Speed, with automatic detection
- UART transport: Up to 8 Mbit/s, automatic detection of all parameters
- SPI transport: Up to 8 Mbit/s, automatic detection of all parameters
WPAN Capture Characteristics
- IEEE 802.15.4-2011
- Channels: All 16 2.4 GHz channels (11 to 26)
- Data rate: 250 kbps
- Modulation: O-QPSK
- Timing accuracy: 125 ns
Timing
- Clock: ±10ppm frequency accuracy over -10 to +60 degrees Celsius range
- BR/EDR/LE timestamp accuracy: ±125ns
- Wi-Fi timestamp accuracy: ±125ns
- WPAN timestamp accuracy: ±125ns
- USB HCI timestamp accuracy: ±16.7ns
- Logic timestamp accuracy: ±5ns
Logic Capture Characteristics
- Maximum bandwidth: 20 MHz
- Sampling precision: 5 ns
- Supported input voltage: 1.8 to 3.3V
Embedded Memory
- 512 MB of FIFO memory
- Data is stored in highly optimized format
- Analyzed data is uploaded in real time
Front-Panel Connectors
- RF (x3): Shared between Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WPAN
- USB HCI: USB 2.0 Standard-A and Standard-B
- Logic: supports UART / SPI HCI, WCI-2, generic I2C / UART / SPI / SWD and logic analysis
- SDIO: Optional, for external trace storage and unit recovery
Rear-Panel Connectors
- Computer: USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C
- Ethernet: 1GbE, PoE+
- Power: 12-24 VDC
- Trigger: SMA in and out, 50 Ω, 3.3 VDC
- Clock IN: SMA, 50 Ω, 3.3VDC, 10 MHz
- Clock OUT: SMA, 50 Ω, 3.3VDC, 10 MHz
- Earth: Optional, to ground the unit
Power Inputs
- DC input (12-24 V)
- USB Type-C Power Delivery
- Power-over-Ethernet (PoE+)
- Backup Battery (22 Wh)
Power Adapter
- Input: 100-240 VAC
- Output: 24 VDC
- Power: 40 W
- Plug: 5.5 x 2.1 x 12 mm barrel straight
- Safety: CB, TUV, UL, CCC, PSE
- EMI: CE, FCC, VCCI, RCM
Enclosure
- 180 x 170 x 58 mm (7.1 x 6.7 x 2.3”)
- 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs)
Hardware Upgrade
- The Ellisys Rainbow™ engine is automatically updated with each software release (no user intervention required)
Maintenance and Licensing
- Free lifetime software updates – no maintenance fees
- Free full-featured viewer software – easily share annotated traces between computers and colleagues and replay captured traffic
- Use Ellisys hardware on any computer – no additional licenses needed
Warranty
- Two-year limited warranty [STD and PRO]
- Three-year limited warranty [ENT]
Ellisys reserves the right to change the features and specifications of the product without notice.
Minimum Requirements
- Intel Core, 2 GHz or compatible processor
- 4 GBytes of RAM
- 1280 x 1024 display resolution with at least 65,536 colors
- USB 2.0 EHCI host controller
- Windows® 7 or higher, Linux or macOs
- .net framework 4.6.1