Particle photon

Final Word

Photon is not merely an Arduino clone with a WiFi module bolted on top. Backed by the Particle platform that offers everything from a web-based IDE to REST API, Photon represents an impressively powerful and versatile board that can be used for practically any electronics project you can think of.

Infos

  1. Particle website: http://www.particle.io
  2. Particle Android app: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.particle.android.app
  3. Particle Build IDE: http://build.particle.io
  4. Annotated examples: http://docs.particle.io/guide/getting-started/examples/core
  5. Particle Dashboard: http://dashboard.particle.io
  6. Photon system firmware releases: http://github.com/spark/firmware/releases
  7. Photon-based shutter release on GitHub: http://github.com/dmpop/photon-nex

The Author

Dmitri Popov has been writing exclusively about Linux and open source software for many years, and his articles have appeared in Danish, British, US, German, Spanish, and Russian magazines and websites. Dmitri is an amateur photographer, and he writes about open source photography tools on his Scribbles and Snaps blog at http://scribblesandsnaps.wordpress.com.

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