

I can get a secret API Key from the Particle Photon's cloud based Console.

See how it doesn't just enumerate devices, but also cloud methods that hang off devices? LOVE THIS. int led1 = D0 įrom the command line I can use the Particle command line interface (CLI) to enumerate my devices: C:\Users\scott>particle list Those cloud methods take a string, so there's no enum for the on/off command. This one creates a cloud function called "led" and binds it to the "ledToggle" method. Here's a standard "blink an LED" Hello world on a Photon. From there you can list out your Photons, see their available functions, and even call functions over the internet! A hacker's delight, to be sure.

Particle Photon also has a node.js based command line. It's super easy to setup and it has a cloud-based IDE with tons of examples written in C and Node.js for you to use. The Photon is a tiny little device with Wi-Fi built-in. Tonight I'm going to try to hook the Particle Photon up to the Azure IoT hub for monitoring. A few days ago I was able to get the Onion Omega to show my blood sugar on a small OLED screen, which was cool. I've got a Particle Photon here, as well as a Tessel 2, a LattePanda, Funduino, and Onion Omega. I had some devices on my desk - some of which I had never really gotten around to exploring - and I thought I'd see if I could accomplish something. Yesterday I had shoulder surgery (adhesive capsulitis release) so today I'm messing around with Azure IoT Hub.
