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# Particle Photon Starter Kit

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** CE00284 · **Brand:** [Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/particle-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/particle-photon-starter-kit.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/particle-photon-starter-kit.html.md))

## Retired product

This product is retired and no longer available for purchase. Replaced by: CE06017.

**Replacement:** https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/CE06017

## 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

This is the Particle Photon Starter kit which contains the Photon board, a breadboard, microUSB cable, along with an LED, LDR, and two resistors to get up and running with your first project in a matter of minutes! This is the easiest way to get started with the Particle Photon

So what makes the Photon so amazing? Let's look at some of the tech specs which are packed into this byte sized board:

- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Broadcom MCB43362 Wi-Fi controller
- STM32F205 ARM Cortex M3 processor
- 120Mhz clock speed
- 1MB flash memory
- 128KB RAM
- 18 GPIO pins
- UART, JTAG, I2C, SPI, ADC, DAC, CAN and USB hardware peripherals
- 3.3V operating voltage
 
This Photon comes with pre-soldered male headers to make it even easier to use with your next project. For a full list of the Photon's capabilities and functions, check out the [Photon with headers page](https://core-electronics.com.au/particle-photon.html). For awesome project ideas for your Photon, check out our Projects and Tutorials.

## Guides for this product

- [Logic Level Converters for Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/logic-level-converters-for-particle/)
- [Using NeoPixels with Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/using-neopixels-with-particle/)
- [Create a Smartphone App for Particle Without Coding](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/create-a-smartphone-app-for-particle-without-coding/)
- [Graphic OLED Displays with Particle](https://core-electronics.com.au/guides/particle/graphic-oled-displays-with-particle/)

## Videos for this product

- [Infinity-Mirror Table](https://core-electronics.com.au/videos/infinity-mirror-table)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/p/h/photon-kit.jpg)