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Particle is discontinuing development of Particle Mesh

jomoenginer — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 08:21:27 GMT

So, it looks like Particle is getting out of the Mesh Network business and will discontinue their Particle Mesh, OpenThread-mesh based networking solution as well as stopping production of the Xenon boards. They posted a timeline on their site, ...(read more)

Learn how-to build this cellular asset tracker with a Particle Boron

moors7 — Thu, 23 May 2019 23:00:25 GMT

At some point in your life, you've probably been in a situation where you wished you could use a cellular asset tracker to help keep tabs on your stuff. Where you parked the car at a concert, the actual location of that package you ordered three ...(read more)

What every IoT engineer needs to know about navigation: GPS, dead reckoning, cellular, Wi-Fi, and BLE

interested1 — Wed, 15 May 2019 21:56:24 GMT

This post was originally published on the Particle blog and is shared here by the author. Personal navigation has never been easier. With numerous options from GPS and cellular to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it can be challenging to select the right on...(read more)

How to Build a Cross-Platform IoT Mobile App with NativeScript and Particle

brandonsatrom — Tue, 14 May 2019 20:53:01 GMT

When you set out to build a connect product, it's easy to put all your focus on choosing the right development board, great sensors, and cost-effective PCB design. These are big choices and contribute to your product success or failure, but none impa...(read more)

Particle Mesh 102: selecting a role for your device

interested1 — Thu, 09 May 2019 18:10:46 GMT

In a Particle Mesh network, there are three types of roles a device can take: a gateway, a repeater, or an endpoint. A previous post, Particle Mesh 101, introduces the basic concepts of roles but stops short of suggesting which role a particular devi...(read more)

Particle Mesh 101: device roles in your network

interested1 — Mon, 06 May 2019 21:51:50 GMT

This post was originally published at: https://blog.particle.io/2018/03/09/particle-mesh-101-device-roles-in-your-network/ and has been slightly modified for the new format and publication date. Particle 3rd generation developer kits — the Argon...(read more)