Electron Cellular IoT Kit - 3G Eur/Afr/Asia

SKU: ADA3453 Brand: Adafruit

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The Electron is a small cellular IoT board made by Particle. This tiny development kit has everything you need for creating 3G cellular connected products. Includes a prepaid, no contract data plan and instant web access to your Electron with wireless programming.

Kit includes:

Microcontroller
Particle SIM card with service in more than 100 countries worldwide
3 months of Particle's 1MB monthly data plan (delivered by email)
Antenna x 1
2000mAh battery x 1
USB cable x 1
Half-size breadboard x 1

The Electron kit also includes Particle's development tools and cloud platform for managing and updating your new connected hardware.

GSM 900/1800 MHz MHz for use in Europe, Africa, & Asia.

Please note that the Electron is a GSM-only device, and does not support CDMA networks. For a full list of compatible countries, please visit the link here and see “Compatible Countries".

2G Global and 3G Americas/Aus versions also available.

Technical Details

Specs:

STM32F205 ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller
1MB Flash, 128K RAM
Cellular modem: U-Blox SARA U-series (3G)
36 pins total: 28 GPIOs (D0-D13, A0-A13), plus TX/RX, 2 GNDs, VIN, VBAT, WKP, 3V3, RST
Board dimensions: 2.0" x 0.8" x 0.3" (0.5" including headers)

Datasheet for the Electron

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Unit 18, 132 Garden Grove Parade
Adamstown
NSW, 2289
Australia

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