The Photon is an open source,inexpensive, programmable, WiFi-enabled module for building connected projectsand prototypes. Powered by an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller and a Broadcom WiFichip, the Photon is just as happy plugged into a hobbyist's breadboard as it isinto a product rolling off of an assembly line.
While the Photon--and its accompanyingcloud platform--is designed as a ready-to-go foundation for product developersand 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 yoursketches over WiFi, and build electronic projects that take advantage of thePhoton's processing power, cloud platform, and input/output pins. What's more,the Photon is backward-compatible with its predecessor, the Spark Core.
