A Simple Internet Appliance

A step by step guide to making your first Particle powered project

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Now that our Particle Photon2 is setup, connected to WiFi and we’ve got the Developed IDE installed, let’s create our first real internet appliance: a connected light!

This mix of tutorials and guides will introduce you to writing your first sketch, working with the Particle Cloud, and how to work with LEDs

Components you will need

• Particle Microcontroller

• Breadboard

• Jumper Wires

• A 1kΩ Resistor

• LED (Light Emitting Diode)

Some background

• Understanding Breadboards
• Understanding Jumper Wires
• Understanding Resistors
• Understanding LEDs

Step By Step

Follow this primer:

1. Tutorial: Writing our first sketch: Making an LED Blink

2. Guide: Writing Functions - A Quick Guide

3. Guide: Making Functions available through the Particle Cloud

4. Tutorial: Connecting your LED to the Internet - our first Internet Appliance

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Next Up: mmmm… Bread..boards

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Table of contents

• Understanding Breadboards
• Understanding Jumper Wires
• Understanding Resistors
• Understanding LEDs
• First Sketch: Making an LED Blink
• Writing your own functions
• Working with the Particle Cloud and Functions
• Making a Connected LED