About this workshop

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

1. Create a new Particle account
2. Install the Particle iOS or Android App
3. Install the Particle CLI
4. Install the Particle Desktop IDE
5. Create an Azure Account

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