Mouser Electronics has announced a global distribution agreement with Particle, a prototype-to-production platform for Internet of Things (IoT) products. With Particle's hardware development kits and connectivity modules, both new makers and engineering experts can build IoT products and connect them to the web via Particle Cloud. After connecting a device, users can write firmware using Particle's web-based integrated development environment (IDE), deploy firmware updates over the air, and build apps to interact with the product with ParticleJS and the company's mobile software development kit (SDK).
This Particle product line, centers on the tiny Photon board, a Wi-Fi development kit for creating connected projects and products for the Internet of Things. The tools that make up the Photon's ecosystem are designed to let embedded engineers, web developers, Arduino enthusiasts, and IoT entrepreneurs build and create connected designs.
This board features their P0 (P-Zero) module, which incorporates a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip alongside a powerful STMicroelectronics STM32 ARM® Cortex®-M3 microcontroller. This module comes preloaded with their firmware libraries and is designed to simplify transition from prototype to production. Mouser also offers the P1 module, a larger Wi-Fi module that includes a built-in antenna and uFL connector. This P1 module is FCC-certified and offers 1 Mbyte of external flash to accommodate challenging projects. The open source Photon is available with headers that plug directly into standard breadboards and perfboards, or without headers for surface mount designs, providing maximum flexibility. The Photon board, P0 module, and P1 module also include access to their fully featured cloud service, Particle Cloud.
In addition to the standalone Photon board, Mouser is also stocking the Photon Kit and the Maker Kit, both of which include a Photon with headers. This Photon Kit adds a mini-breadboard, a USB-micro cable, and components for jumping into a project build. The Maker Kit includes a carrying case, mini-breadboard, proto-board, jumper wires, OLED display, and a host of other components to build almost any Internet-enabled project out of the box.
