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# Particle Photon

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE00037 · **Brand:** [Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/particle-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/particle-photon-retired.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/particle-photon-retired.html.md))

## Retired product

This product is retired and no longer available for purchase. Replaced by: CE09681.

**Replacement:** https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE09681

## How to buy

- **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works)
- **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt
## Description

The Photon is a tiny Wi-Fi development kit for creating connected projects and products for the Internet of Things. It's easy to use, it's powerful, and it's connected to the cloud.

The tools that make up the Photon's ecosystem (and come along with the board) are designed to let you build and create whether you're an embedded engineer, web developer, Arduino enthusiast or IoT entrepreneur. You'll be able to write your firmware in Particle's web or local IDE, deploy it over the air, and build your web and mobile apps with ParticleJS and Particle's Mobile SDK.

The board itself uses a Broadcom wi-fi chip (one that can be found in Nest Protect, LIFX, and Amazon Dash) alongside a powerful STM32 ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller. It's like the Spark Core. But better.

Does not ship with breadboard or USB cable.

Specs:

- Particle P0 Wi-Fi module
- Broadcom BCM43362 Wi-Fi chip
- STM32F205 120Mhz ARM Cortex M3
- 1MB flash, 128KB RAM
- 802.11b/g/n
- Soft AP setup
- FCC/CE/IC certified
- Full specs here

## Guides for this product

- [WS2812 / NeoPixel Addressable LEDs: Particle Quickstart Guide](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/ws2812-addressable-leds-particle-quickstart-guide/)
- [How to Conserve Battery Life with IoT Projects](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/how-to-conserve-battery-life-with-iot-projects/)
- [Logic Level Converters for Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/logic-level-converters-for-particle/)
- [Moving From Arduino to Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/moving-from-arduino-to-particle/)

## Videos for this product

- [How to use WS2812B RGB LEDs with Particle Hardware](https://core-electronics.com.au/videos/how-to-use-ws2812b-rgb-leds-with-particle-hardware)
- [Infinity-Mirror Table](https://core-electronics.com.au/videos/infinity-mirror-table)
- [How to Conserve Battery Life with IoT Projects](https://core-electronics.com.au/videos/how-to-conserve-battery-life-with-iot-projects)
- [Particle IDE Tutorial - Getting Started](https://core-electronics.com.au/videos/particle-ide-tutorial-getting-started)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/p/a/particle-photon-with-headers_1.jpg)