About this workshop

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The Particle mobile app for iOS will be deprecated in the future. The Android app has been deprecated. You should use web-based or CLI setup instead.

This workshop is sponsored and produced by Particle.

The workshop is a combination of a presentations and 4 hands-on sessions described in this guide.

This workshop will take you through the basics of connecting a Particle Photon device to the Internet, and have it do amazing stuff. All in just 2 hours.

Before you start

Workshop content

Chapter 1: Claiming your Particle Device
- Unbox a brand new Photon, claim it to your Particle account, and make it light up with Tinker.
Chapter 2: Reading from sensors and posting data to the cloud!
- Read simple sensors included in the maker kit, and post data to the Particle Device cloud.
Chapter 3: Connecting the Particle Device Cloud to Azure
- Wire your Photon up to the Azure IoT Hub
Chapter 4: Visualizing sensor data in the cloud
- Vizualize sensor data in Azure
Chapter 5: Controlling your devices from the cloud
- Process sensor data in the cloud and use that data to control an LED connected to your Photon