Particle Photon Development Board (Support WiFi & BLE)

The Photon 2 is a development module with a microcontroller and Wi-Fi networking. The form-factor is similar to the Argon (Adafruit Feather), but the Photon 2 supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, BLE, and has much larger RAM and flash that can support larger applications.

It is intended to replace both the Photon and Argon modules. It contains the same module as the P2, making it easier to migrate from a pin-based development module to a SMD mass-production module if desired.

• 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
        Integrated PCB antenna
        Integrated U.FL connector for external antenna
        Integrated RF switch
• BLE 5 using same antenna as Wi-Fi
• Realtek RTL8721DM MCU
        ARM Cortex M33 CPU, 200 MHz
• 2048 KB (2 MB) user application maximum size
• 3072 KB (3 MB) of RAM available to user applications
• 2 MB flash file system
• FCC, IC, and CE certified

Project 1. IOT Plant Moisture Notifier
Get a text or call if your plant is getting too dry, along with a nice LCD display giving information regarding your plant's health.
Hardware Components:
Particle Photon
Soil Moisture Sensor For Arduino
I2C 16x2 Arduino LCD Display Module
RGB Diffused Common Cathode
Micro USB Connector
Uxcell Perf Board 4x6cm

2. Revisión del módulo IoT Particle Photon de la mano de DFROBOT(Review)

3. IOT Plant Moisture Notifier

Get a text or call if your plant is getting too dry, along with a nice LCD display giving information regarding your plant's health.

4. E-Paper Weather Display With Photon and IFTTT

If you have an E-Reader such as a Barnes & Noble NOOK or an Amazon Kindle then you're already familiar with e-paper. The e-paper display on your e-reader is what allows you to read it in direct sunlight without any glare. However, you also know that the e-paper screen takes a really long time to update. This means that you can't use it for gaming, but it's perfect for providing you with timely weather information wherever you need it! This super-simple project creates just that with minimal assembly and coding time. Let's dive in!

Hardware Components:

• E-Paper Display
• Micro SD Card
• Particle Photon
• Micro USB Cable

5. Annoying Soil Moisture Sensor with Photon and IFTTT Project

Never forget to water your plants again with this super annoying project. It combines visual, auditory, and textual cues that will prevent you from doing anything else until you provide your plant with much-needed hydration. A piezo buzzer constantly blares a shrill note, while a super-bright LED annoys your peripheral vision. In addition, this project will send constant texts to your phone reminding you that your plant needs to be watered. Sounds like fun, right?

Hardware Components:

• Digital Buzzer For Arduino
• Bright LED Module
• Analog Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor
• Particle Photon
• Micro USB Cable
• 400 Tie Point Interlocking Solderless Breadboard
• Arduino Jumper Cables (M/M) (65 Pack)

6. Death Star word clock

Fast forward to Maker Faire 2015, where I had the pleasure of meeting the Particle team and several of the Elites, I noticed one of the latter was building a word clock as well. That's what gave me the final motivation to build one myself. Luckily I saw him struggling with soldering well over a 100 Neopixels for over a day, and I decided mine would have to be simpler. One of the other Elites had made an interesting project with an RGB matrix, which sparked the idea that those two might make a great combo.

Hardware components:

• Particle Photon × 1
• DFRobot DFMini player MP3 × 1
• neopixel × 1
• 32x32 RGB LED matrix 6mm pitch × 1
• RGB matrix shield × 1

7. How to Make a Makerspace NFC Part Management System

Use NFC stickers to track electronic components with the use of a Particle Photon and a database back-end, along with a webpage interface.

Hardware components

• Particle Photon
• RC522 NFC Tage Reader
• DFRobot 128x128 OLED
• Adafruit Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout - MPR121
• NFC Stickers *40

More Photon projects are available here.

Hardware components

• DFRobot Fingerprint Sensor
• DFRobot Particle Photon
• 5mm LED

• Photon Datasheet (New Version - In Stock)   
• Photon Datasheet (Old Version - discontinued)   

• Photon 2 Development board x1