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Particle Photon Kit
The Particle Photon Kit is a complete starter package for building Wi-Fi-connected IoT projects. It includes a Photon development board (with headers pre-ins...
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The Particle Photon Kit is a complete starter package for building Wi-Fi-connected IoT projects. It includes a Photon development board (with headers pre-installed), a mini breadboard, USB cable, and basic components to get started immediately.
The Photon connects to the Particle Cloud, a free cloud service that provides over-the-air firmware updates, a REST API, and firmware development via web and local IDEs.
Key Features
- Wi-Fi – 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, up to 65 Mbit/s
- Security – Open, WEP, WAPI, WPA, and WPA2-PSK
- Channels – Wi-Fi channels 1–14
- Ultra-Low Power – Sleep, standby, and stop modes
- Particle Cloud – Free cloud service with OTA updates and REST API
Kit Contents
- 1× Particle Photon (with headers)
- 1× Mini breadboard
- 1× USB Micro-B cable
- Starter components for your first project
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- API
- An API (application programming interface) is a defined set of commands or functions that lets one piece of software interact with another, such as a library, operating system, hardware driver or online service. When something offers API support, it means you can control or query it from your own code rather than only through its built-in menus or buttons.
- Headers
- Rows of connector contacts on a fixed pitch (commonly 2.54 mm) used to link a board to a breadboard, jumper wires, or another board. They come as male pin headers and female socket headers; when a module ships with pre-soldered headers it can be used straight away, whereas bare pads require soldering the pins yourself.
- IoT
- Short for Internet of Things, meaning physical devices that connect to networks or the internet to send data or be controlled remotely. It matters if you want projects such as connected sensors, remote controls or classroom data-logging activities.
- OTA
- OTA means over-the-air updating, where a device's firmware is updated wirelessly rather than through a programming cable. This lets firmware be updated or maintained after a device is installed without a physical connection.
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