Resources

ReferencesPermalink

Debugging TipsPermalink

• ITP-348 Photon 2 troubleshooting guide This is a super useful document with the most common issues and solutions encountered in ITP 348
• Official Particle community forum This is best place to search for errors you encounter

Useful Particle LinksPermalink

• Device console
• Photon 2 datasheet
• Photon 2 pins close-up
• Language reference
• Cloud functions reference
• Web IDE

C++ LanguagePermalink

• C plus plus
• C++ Reference

Connecting to Captive Wifi NetworksPermalink

• Using captive wifi networks

BooksPermalink

• Practical Electronics for Inventors available to USC students through USC library subscription

FritzingPermalink

• Fritzing Software
• Particle Library Parts: Direct download and GitHub repository
• AdaFruit Library Parts (useful for OLEDs): Direct download and GitHub repository
• RFID MFC522 Part: Fritzing page

ArduinoPermalink

• Documentation
• Multi-tasking (from Adafruit)

Losant IoT PlatformPermalink

• Getting Started
• Main app configuration

BluetoothPermalink

• Particle BLE Documentation (very detailed explanation and example projects)
• Adafruit BLE Overview
• Adafruit Bluefruit Guide (instructions on using Adafruit Bluefruit App)
• List of Official Bluetooth Services
• List of Official Bluetooth Characteristics
• Connecting Nintendo Wii Nunchuck

MiscellaneousPermalink

• Extensive IoT resources (from Michael Shiloh). This is one of the most comprehensive, helpful lists of tips and links.

Project and Sensor IdeasPermalink

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Note that I can not vouch for most of these projects or sensors personally.

InspirationPermalink

• Particle Projects on Hackster.io
• Hackster.io (general)
• HackADay
• Arduino Project Hub
• Sparkfun Project Blog

Biometric SensorsPermalink

• Simple heart rate sensor
• Multi-sensor heart rate monitor
• Pulse oximeter and heart rate sensor
• Muscle sensor (control inputs)
• Blood gas (blood alcohol)

Earthquake MonitorPermalink

• Sample project

Air Quality and Environment SensorsPermalink

• Great resource on Seeed air sensors
• Sample Workbench project
• HPM particle sensor ($40)
  • This sensor is challenging to physically connect and to code for
• Grove dust sensor ($12)
  • Sample code / project
  • Seems Particle compatible
• Air quality sensor breakout - VOC and eCO2
• Adafruit SGP30 air quality sensor breakout - VOC and eCO2 ($15)
  • Seems this is more reliable than 811
• Grove air quality sensor
• Carbon monoxide

Pet Treat DispenserPermalink

• Project: Sophisticated pet food dispenser
• Project: Simple pet food dispenser

Sound DetectionPermalink

• Sound detector

Guitar Effects PedalPermalink

• Project: Particle-based guitar compression / distortion pedal
• Project: Particle-powered fretless guitar
• Project: DIY Arduino guitar effects pedal

Wearables / E-TextilesPermalink

• Flora - sewable microcontroller with an ecosystem of sensors
• Lilypad - another sewable microcontroller
• Conductive velcro
• Conductive thread
• Project: Obstacle-detection and GPS-navigation headset for visually-impaired users
• Project: A cool but rather involved pair of DIY smart glasses

RFID on Photon 2Permalink

• There is a $50 RFID sensor that enables the Photon 2 to read RFID tags
  • Note that you need to match RFID frequency and tags

Other Courses MaterialsPermalink

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• Computación Física - Jorge Guerra Guerra (San Marcos University in Lim, Peru) (in Spanish)
• IoT - Bill Siever (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Introduction to Embedded Systems (University of Southern California)

• Distributed Systems and the Internet of Things - Mark Redekopp (University of Southern California)

• Network Everything - Michael Shiloh (NYU Abu Dhabi)
• Physical Computing - Tom Igoe (NYU)