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Measure Your WiFi Signal Strength Using Particle Photon

“WiFi has become an integral part of our life and daily billions of people use WiFi as a method to access the internet. But the range of WiFi is limited, unlike a cellular connection. A normal WiFi router usually has …

Smart and Safe Outdoor Plant Watering System

“Monitors soil moisture and weather forecasts to give plants just the water they need. Safe garden hose hookup for season long watering. OK, so let me just say that I approached this project with a little trepidation - water, code and …

Control Adafruit Neopixels using Python and JQWidgets

“Low power wireless standards combined with low cost and ultra-miniature LEDs made smart lighting solutions a catalyst for the Internet of Things and home automation. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to control an Adafruit NeoPixel ring via mobile …

MyHumidity Controlled by BME280 and Photon

“This week, a friend of mine occupied me quite a bit: it was about his rental apartment, in which he had for some time discovered moisture above the windows. Here the danger of mold formation lurks. Currently, he is diligently …

MyLight-Clock with NeoPixel Ring 12 Controlled by Photon

“Read the time at night? Without glasses? Impossible? Focus on 2 light points, which will tell you the hour and the minute. Sleeping drunk with drowsy eyes, reading the time on the clock becomes difficult. Glasses not handy or slightly …

3D Printer Status Jacket

“This jacket has 40 neopixels sewn to the back to display the status of the 40 3D Printers in Duke’s Innovation Co-Lab Studio. Each light corresponds to one printer and is either blue (in use), green (available), or red …

Weather Aware Sprinkler Controller

“This project uses the Particle Photon and a relay module to create a 6 station sprinkler controller. It has these features not found in similar projects: Uses Weather Underground API to prevent watering when windy, rainy, or too cold. Signup …

CheerLights Internet-Connected Hat

“This festive e-Textile hat combines the magic of CheerLights with a Particle Photon, a microcontroller that can connect to the cloud to help you with all of your Internet of Things projects! The result of my tinkering was an internet-enabled …

Project  Pool Buddy

Pool Buddy

“Instead of performing regular checks with tester kits to maintain adequate pH and chloride levels in our (small) swimming pool, I decided to build a project that monitors the water continuously and registers the data online so I can easily …

Candy Dispenser with Google Assistant

“By using IFTTT, the Google Assistant API, and a Particle Photon, you can make a machine that gives out candy upon your request! This is a comprehensive guide for building and using my Google Assistant Powered Candy Machine. It can …