IoT Project Kit
In addition to a shiny new Photon2, the IoT Kit for this course includes all the components and accessories you need to start building simple Internet-enabled projects. This kit is prepared by Sparkfun and comes with the components pre-soldered. The project box includes:
Particle Photon2. Image Credit: Particle
Particle’s Photon2:, containing
- Photon2 dev board
General Components
- Mini breadboard
- USB cable
- Jumper Wires (7”, 30 count)
- Male to Female Jumper Wires (6” 20 count)
- 4 x Momentary Push buttons
- 2 x Tacticle Button SMD
- 12 x Diffused Color LEDs - two each of yellow, green, blue, purple, red and orange (diffused)
- 20 x 1K Ohm Resistors
- 20 x 10K Ohm Resistors
- 2 x Rotary Potentiometer 10K Ohm
- 1 x Silver Metal Knob 13x24mm
- 1 x Silver Metal Knob 13x24mm
- 2 x RGB LED - Common Anode
- 2 x Mini Power Switch - SPDT
Essential Sensor Pack Image Credit: Sparkfun
Sparkfun Essential Sensor Pack
- Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout
- Hall Effect Sensor
- Tilt Sensor
- Piezo Element
- Insulated Reed Switch
- IR Receiver Diode
- Infrared LED
- TMP36 - Temperature Sensor
- Trimpot 10K with Knob
- 0.25” Magnet Square
- 0.5” Force Sensitive Resistor
- Mini Photocell
- Flex Sensor
- Mini Piezoelectric Speaker (PC Mount 12mm)
- Resistor 1.0M Ohm 1/4 Watt
Actuators and Power
- 1 x Micro Servo
- 1 x Vibration Motor
- 1 x 5V DC Fan
- 1 x 5V Solenoid
- 1 x 5V DC Wall Power supply
- 4 x NPN Transistor
- 1 x Electrolytic Decoupling Capacitors - 1000uF/25V
- 2 x Electrolytic Decoupling Capacitors - 100uF/25V
- 5 x Diode Rectifier - 1A
Advanced Components
Next Up: Get Familiar with the Particle Platform