| Getting Started with the Photon: Making Things with the Affordable, Compact, Hackable Wifi Module Contributor(s): Monk, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1457187019 ISBN-13: 9781457187018 Publisher: Make Community, LLC OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Mobile & Wireless Communications - Technology & Engineering | Sensors - Computers | Programming Languages - Python |
| Dewey: 004 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 203 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Photon is an open source, inexpensive, programmable, WiFi-enabled module for building connected projects and prototypes. Powered by an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller and a Broadcom WiFi chip, the Photon is just as happy plugged into a hobbyist's breadboard as it is into a product rolling off of an assembly line. While the Photon--and its accompanying cloud platform--is designed as a ready-to-go foundation for product developers and manufacturers, it's great for Maker projects, as you'll see in this book. You'll learn how to get started with the free development tools, deploy your sketches over WiFi, and build electronic projects that take advantage of the Photon's processing power, cloud platform, and input/output pins. What's more, the Photon is backward-compatible with its predecessor, the Spark Core. |
Contributor Bio(s): Monk, Simon: - Dr. Simon Monk has a degree in Cybernetics and Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. Simon spent several years as an academic before he returned to industry, co-founding the mobile software company Momote Ltd. He has been an active electronics hobbyist since his early teens. Simon is now a full time author and his books include 'Getting Started with IOIO', '30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius', '15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius' and 'Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius'. |