Particle offers three developments kits giving different connectivity options to the Particle Device Cloud: Cellular (Boron), Wi-Fi (Argon) and Mesh (Xenon):
- The Argon is a powerful Wi-Fi enabled development board that can act as either a standalone Wi-Fi endpoint or Wi-Fi enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes. The Argon is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints.
- The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1/NB1 enabled development kit that can act as either a standalone cellular endpoint or LTE enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes. The Boron is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints where Wi-Fi is missing or unreliable.
- The Xenon is a low cost mesh-enabled development board that can act as either an endpoint or repeater within a Particle Mesh network. The Xenon is mesh only and designed to function as the endpoint of your IoT network. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes. The Xenon is best for connecting sensors, motors, pumps, valves, and points of data-interest. Pair it with an Argon or Boron gateway to get all that great data into the Device Cloud.
Particle development kits are available from Farnell in EMEA, Newark in North America and element14 in Asia Pacific. These are also featured on the Particle design centre space on the element14 Community.
Key features are as follows:
| Wi-Fi – Argon | Cellular – Boron | Mesh – Xenon |
| · Espressif ESP32-D0WD 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi coprocessor
· On-board 4MB flash for ESP32 802.11 b/g/n support · Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC · ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz · Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps) NFC-A tag · On-board additional 2MB SPI flash
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· u-blox SARA R410 LTE modem (Boron LTE)
· LTE CAT M1/ NB1 module with global hardware support (MVNO support for US only) 3GPP Release 13 LTE Cat M1 · u-blox SARA U201 2G/3G modem (Boron 2G/3G) · HSPA/GSMqq with global hardware and SIM support Bands 800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz · Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC · ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz · Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps) NFC-A tag · On-board additional 2MB SPI flash
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· Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
· ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz · Up to +8 dBm TX power (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps) NFC-A tag · On-board additional 2MB SPI flash
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