Particle's Internet of Things Hardware Development Kit Photon provides everything you need to build a connection product, Particle will be a powerful ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller with the Broadcom Wi-Fi chip in a small module called Pø (P-Zero). . To get started, Particle adds a 3.3V power supply, RF and user interface components on the small PCB of Photon, adds an open source design to facilitate users to integrate Photon to the product development.
The package box of Photon is like a matchbox size, and there is only a small development board internally, and there is no other accessories.
Don't look at a small development board, but its function can not look small, as long as you connect the Internet, it can do anything.
Contrast with the LPC824 development board, which is smaller, but the function is large.
The development board uses a micro USB as a power supply port, and can be used as a serial port. In addition to encapsulating the Pø Wi-Fi module in the shield, there is a 3.3V power conversion chip, RGB LED, two buttons, and GPIO ports. As shown below, it is the principle of the development board, which marks the detailed composition of the development board.
Photon features:
Particle Pø Wi-Fi module
Broadcom bcm43362 Wi-Fi chip
802.11b / g / n Wi-Fi
STM32F205RGY6 120MHz ARM CORTEX M3
1MB Flash, 128KB RAM
Onboard RGB LED
18 GPIOs and other advanced peripherals
Open source design
Real-time operating system (freertos)
Software AP configuration
FCC, CE AND IC certification
IoT development board recommended:
W7500 Evaluation Board A single-chip solution based on a Cortex-M0 kernel is suitable for a variety of embedded application platforms, especially the Internet of Things.
Esquilo Air Development Board A comprehensive IOT development system based on Cortex-M4F core, with a creation of a separate Internet function that simplifies the development process of the Internet of Things.
UDoo Quad An Internet of Things solution for Android, Linux, and Arduino and Google Adk2012.
Photon is a relatively simple development board, but features or applications are not simple.
When the development board is connected to the computer, it can be seen that the computer does not identify the driver. At this time, you will be manually updated.
The official website provides drivers and downloads for related software.
The blue rgb is lit after the development board.
At this time, you can find the development board to generate an AP hotspot. The phone can find a WiFi signal, connect this WiFi signal using the phone, but not yet, do not connect, just determine that the development board enters the correct mode.
Download a developer configuration Application and install it to your phone. APP download address
Photon's online IDE is a beautiful page that lets people think about it. Use the online IDE tool to be registered, we can use this account to write, compile, burn, no accounts cannot be developed.
After installing the app on your phone, you can open the APP to configure the development board.
First go to you to log in to your registered account.
IoT development board recommended:
W7500 Evaluation Board A single-chip solution based on a Cortex-M0 kernel is suitable for a variety of embedded application platforms, especially the Internet of Things.
Esquilo Air Development Board A comprehensive IOT development system based on Cortex-M4F core, with a creation of a separate Internet function that simplifies the development process of the Internet of Things.
UDoo Quad An Internet of Things solution for Android, Linux, and Arduino and Google Adk2012.
After logging in, select the addition of the device. These processes are very simple. You can do it according to the app prompt. After all, many smart products are currently this process, believe that engineers will not be unfamiliar.
After the connection is successful, you can see that the device is already online.
The RGB LED of the development board at this time will flash into green, that is, successfully connected to the network, as shown below.
Click the Open device on the app, and by setting the state of a certain IO port, the high and low level of the corresponding IO can be controlled.
It is seen that the LED connected to the D7 on the development board is illuminated.
Firmware Upgrade: Use particle_firmware_manager-v0.5.3-windows.exe tool. download link
When you click Update, you will automatically upgrade. At this time, the RGB LED on the development board will flash into red.
Firmware Upgrade We can write programs through the online IDE tool.
Log in to the online IDE, click on "IDE" as shown below
The BROUNWARD is not needed. As long as the development board has been connected to the network, it is very convenient to use the network.
In addition to the online development environment, there is also a local, but it is also to network, that is, based on Atom's particle IDE.
Its use method is similar to this online IDE.
For example, create a new LED.ino file, then after compiling and sink, the use of the online IDE is the same, but this is based on ATOM, not a web page.
This article simply tries to use the Particle's Photon, more content can be viewed for the specific online manual tutorial.
Summarize
Photon's minimal size can be easily embedded in existing or new products, which makes it easy and fast to develop IDE and online overburned program updates are also a big highlight. The programming method of code is similar to Arduino, and the entry is also very fast, whether it is used to DIY small design or product design, its application in the field of Internet of Things or DIY is very promising.
Original declaration: This article is originally created by the panel network, declined!
IoT development board recommended:
W7500 Evaluation Board A single-chip solution based on a Cortex-M0 kernel is suitable for a variety of embedded application platforms, especially the Internet of Things.
Esquilo Air Development Board A comprehensive IOT development system based on Cortex-M4F core, with a creation of a separate Internet function that simplifies the development process of the Internet of Things.
UDoo Quad An Internet of Things solution for Android, Linux, and Arduino and Google Adk2012.
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