Installation and Setup Using Device Doctor

IMPORTANT: This is not the preferred to setup your Argon, but if you need to join a Wifi network without a password (like USC Guest Wireless), you should use this approach since https://setup.particle.io doesn’t work with empty passwords (as of 1/2024)

Assignment 0 – Installation and Setup

Nothing to submit

Requirements

  • Connect Argon to Computer
  • Create Particle account
  • Install Particle Workbench
  • Install Fritzing
  • Add argon device to your Particle account

IMPORTANT - Browser

You need to use the Chrome browser to configure your Argon; you can not use Firefox or Safari.

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Connect your Particle Argon to your Computer

  • Connect the antenna (discussed in class)
  • Connect the Argon to your breadboard (discussed in class)
  • Connect the micro USB cable to your computer

Create Particle account

In this course, we will use an internet-enabled microcontroller, specifically the Particle Argon. In order to communicate with the Argon (e.g. to install new firmware code), we will use Particle’s cloud software.

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Setup Your Device

Continue with setup in your web browser

  • Go to Select Device

  • In the popup window, select the Argon device and choose Connect

  • Select Flash Device

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  • This process will take few minutes. As the Argon updates, it will blink different colors.

  • Select your Wifi network. For open networks without a password (like USC Guest Wireless), leave the password blank.

  • After a few moments, you should see this screen which means it completed successfully.

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Install Particle Workbench

Workbench is the IDE we will use to write firmware code as well as to install it on the device

Install Fritzing

Fritzing is a program to create visual layouts of device projects.

  • ITP has paid for a Fritzing support license for the class. To download it, please go to the course Blackboard site and click on “Fritzing Download”.

  • Download and install Fritzing, and then continue these instructions

Install Fritzing Library for Argon

There are special components required to create Fritzing designs with the Argon.

  • Download the Argon library for Fritzing:

    https://github.com/reparke/Fritzing-Parts/archive/main.zip

  • Unzip the file (take note of the folder location)

  • Open Fritzing

  • On Parts panel on the right side of the screen, click the small dropdown menu and choose Import…

  • Navigate to the folder with the file you downloaded and open Particle_Mesh_Parts.fzpz

  • Click the small dropdown menu on the Parts panel again and chose Save Bin

Install Fritzing Library for Additional Parts

There are additional we will used in class that we need Fritzing parts for.

  • Download the Argon library for Fritzing:

    https://github.com/reparke/Fritzing_Collection/archive/main.zip

  • Unzip the file (take note of the folder location)

  • Open Fritzing

  • On Parts panel on the right side of the screen, click the small dropdown menu and choose Import…

  • Navigate to the folder with the file you downloaded and open ITP_348_Parts.fzpz

  • Click the small dropdown menu on the Parts panel again and chose Save Bin

Deliverables

  • There is nothing to submit for this assignment.

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