Getting Started with the Photon: Making Things with the Affordable, Compact, Hackable WiFi Module

The Photon is an open source, inexpensive, programmable, WiFi-enabled module for building connected projects and prototypes. Powered by an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller and a Broadcom WiFi chip, the Photon is just as happy plugged into a hobbyist's breadboard as it is into a product rolling off of an assembly line.

While the Photon—and its accompanying cloud platform—is designed as a ready-to-go foundation for product developers and manufacturers, it's great for Maker projects, as you'll se...