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What is Particle used for?

What is Particle used for?

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MM

Senior Engineer

We are about to scale up the number of devices in service. What pitfalls should we avoid?

We are going from R&D into production so the number of units deployed will grow over the next year. Are there steps we can take to minimize the potential complexities and problems?

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andy z.
AZ

developer and designer

I was thinking, except of using two Photons, using a RasPi in combination with an Electron(?) in my furniture.

The floor of the Chair measures weight, the table measures inclination, vibration and light, and the table controls the lamp and the "pomodoro stripe" (see website for understanding). I refrained from having long cables between the two units, thus WiFi. But I figure, BTLE might be more useful,... Read more

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Karlis  Adrians B.
KB

Programmer

How to reduce lagging?

I'm sometimes having a lag happening, for example, I have connected a LED strip with a 144ms timer to blink, sometimes it just freezes up or falls behind for a second or so. Is this library, my code, or hardware related?

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Je'aime P.
JP

Technical Research Design Analyst

Can we please have LoRA support....no seriously CAN WE PLEASE HAVE LORA SUPPORT

I and others have been asking for this for a while now. Can Particle at a minimum add tested LoRA libraries to the IDE?

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Marvin Ernesto M.
MM

software development

Can you use a local IDE?

In case of not having internet, an IDE that is installed in the personal computer could be used.

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G2

What is the best way to evaluate the Particle device?

Purchase the developer kits . Create a sample IoT project of your choice . Implement end-to-end solution before you start building the device.

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GUTIERREZ BARRAGAN K.
GK

Sofware Engineer

What is the best way to develop outdoor systems with Particle?

I want to implement bigger devices but I'm a little lost with which are the best to use

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