Particle

- March 22, 2017

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Description

Get connected and start building your Internet of Things project right away with Particle, the companion app to the Photon, a tiny but powerful Wi-Fi development board from the team at Particle*. Your Photon and this app are all you need to get started with your project or prototype; the kit comes pre-loaded with our firmware libraries and is connected to the cloud out of the box.

Download Particle to easily connect your Photon to a Wi-Fi network in a few simple steps. No coding required. The app will take you through the entire set-up process step by step until the LED on your board is breathing cyan - indicating it's connected and ready to be programmed!

Additional resources:
• Read the getting started guide at http://particle.io/start
• Join the most active and helpful IoT community out there at http://community.particle.io
• Learn more about Particle syntax and hardware at http://docs.particle.io
• Start building your own code at http://particle.io/build
• Find answers to common questions at http://support.particle.io

* Particle was formerly known as Spark

Reviews

3.9

227 total

5 116

4 51

3 14

2 12

1 34

Fitwi 1

Why does it say "user credential invalid" every time i tried to log in. I got a new photon and downloaded it just now. Why??

Gary T.

My new Seeed L3D Cube (8x8x8 Full Color Kit) won't connect to WiFi. It says no devices found. I tried to connect with USB using Node.js but no luck. I can play with the demo mode but that's it. Did I waste my money on something I'll end up putting on a shelf in a closet? Update: I just tried to connect to the WiFi again. Now the LED is blinking faster than is was before and the D7 LED is now on and it still won't connect. Help!

D. Main

Thoroughly frustrated Photon customer. Spent 45 minutes trying to connect using app, following online instructions, only to discover there may be an issue with firmware. (Per Sparkfun Community) Trying to load CLI to connect - Nortons identifies it as a hazard and will not install. Not clear enough instructions on site to using terminal. About to ditch the app and Photon. UPDATE: Can't find ticket support as directed at support.particle.io. No instructions to find Device ID... Abandoning photon... Not for.me. thanks

Walter Ploof

If u included a couple libraries like suppourt for LiPO charger shield and iButton accel + rgb leds btns would be wicked! tnkerprofile. if u have issues then seriously just stop with the human error, its not a toy, its a gemstone for pennies and genius design ironicly crushes script kiddy premature whinning all day long thus to err is human, a particle is a god.

Christopher Carlson

Update fixed previous force close issues.

Glen-Erik L. Cortes

Always says photon is offline even if it is online according to the web interface. The web interface isn't mobile ready either. I was able to claim the photon, but that's not the apps purpose.

User reviews

Fitwi 1 March 28, 2017

Why does it say "user credential invalid" every time i tried to log in. I got a new photon and downloaded it just now. Why??

Gary T. April 27, 2017

Particle Industries, Inc. May 1, 2017

Sorry you’re having trouble connecting Gary. Do you know if you’re in listening mode with that device? We’d love to get you up and running — would you mind submitting a ticket at support.particle.io? We’ll get you taken care of there!

D. Main June 12, 2017

Particle Industries, Inc. May 30, 2017

Hi Mandrake, Sorry to hear about your negative experience! If you could submit a ticket via support.particle.io we can troubleshoot this issue for you and get you up and running in no time! I've spoken with our tech support team and they (and I) will be watching for your message so we can get to it ASAP! Thanks, Kevin @ Particle

Walter Ploof March 26, 2017

Christopher Carlson March 22, 2017

Update fixed previous force close issues.

Glen-Erik L. Cortes May 15, 2017

Always says photon is offline even if it is online according to the web interface. The web interface isn't mobile ready either. I was able to claim the photon, but that's not the apps purpose.

Particle Industries, Inc. May 17, 2017

Is your photon LED breathing cyan? If you're still have issues, please submit a ticket at support.particle.io and we'll be happy to help you.

Matt Nelson May 22, 2017

Need to add ability to create customized labels for buttons. Having the pin number is great but I would like like to be able to add my own custom label as well.

Mike L June 26, 2017

Doesn't see any Particle modues. There are three of us with various Samsung Galaxy phones. Mine doesn't see them in the app but it does see them as WiFi a/p. I'm running standard 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

Martin Leander May 1, 2017

Font color and background same in some menus

Particle Industries, Inc. May 1, 2017

Hi Martin, sorry you're having this issue with the app - we are working on the fix right now and expect to release it within the next 2 weeks. Thanks for your patience and for using Particle.

justin madere April 13, 2017

Cool! Functional !!

Cameron Owens July 10, 2016

I'm really disappointed by Particle's support of Linux and Android as a whole. I tried for over 20 minutes to connect to my Photon via my Android phone connected to my Ubuntu (14.04) laptop as a power source with no avail. However I tried connecting it directly to a USB outlet to isolate the issue and was finally able to connect. I have fully come to the opinion that Particle is a product designed for California hipsters who think that they are "Hardware Developers" by tapping buttons that only work on specific platforms. I have been far more impressed with my NodeMCU for the cost, the headache, and flexibility.

Mike fisvii March 16, 2017

Im pissed baught 2 of these and this app does not recognize either of them it seems the makers of this product do not know how to program in anything other then apple products. Im using a samsung s5 running android 6.0.1 and no matter what it does not see eitherbof the two photons 8 do hope the makers of this product will have someobe address this issue.

Particle Industries, Inc. March 16, 2017

Hi Mike, sorry you’re having issues with the app. There are other methods to claim your devices if for some reason the mobile app isn’t working properly. We have a whole walkthrough on how to set it up via USB here - https://docs.particle.io/guide/getting-started/connect/photon/ . For submitting a support ticket head over to support.particle.io

Bryan Burress March 3, 2016

garbage tool is not reliable. I have had for months and it fails 80 percent of the time. Server login consistently fails. I try to like this system, but it is not very good. I dont trust it, it fails more than it works. Dont waste your money. Buy a electricIMP instead or some littlebits.

Dan Thyer March 11, 2017

This is so much easier than provisioning all the other types of microcontrollers I have tried. Occasionally there is an issue like somebody had already claimed the device and then returned it, but an occasional issue is sooooooo much better than other platforms that are really hard every time. If you have an issue that you cannot figure out then I would purchase a new photon. The next one will work and they are not too expensive.

Particle Industries, Inc. March 16, 2017

Thank you! We're glad you find our devices and tools easy to work with.

Wouter Jansen September 14, 2016

Doesn't work Haven't been able to login for about three months now. On startup, after filling in my credentials, the app crashes... Go fix Spark!

Mohammed Rashid September 18, 2016

Drvice is not detected when in setup mode The new app no longer lists devices in while setup mode (blue light blinking). After upgrading phone to marshmellow, this feature does not work. Yeah, i enabled permissions.

d coded October 26, 2016

Mobile failsafe but RC Gimmick In reality of usage I end up using this app just to flash stock code from a crash, ie: while loop fault, needs the ability to upload a personal library of precompiled firmware. This app would then be practical.

David Ohlin August 23, 2016

Junk As others have said, app is junk and highly unreliable - appears to have major issues with MM. Got it to work once on an old GS6 I had laying around and then refused to work afterwards despite multiple attempts. App/setup is completely useless on my N6P running latest MM build.

Jacob Bush February 19, 2016

Doesn't work. Tried nine times to install on a galaxy s5 (very common phone) for over 45 mins then after finding an apk online other than play store the app started hanging up at setting up the sim and even waited 30 mins for the 'up to a minute' wait time for it to just sit there doing nothing. I backed the electron when it first popped up on kickstarter and after SEVERAL delays in production for the product, they could have at least made sure the dev environment was up to par. I'm starting to regret buying this.

Pete Howells May 27, 2016

Was a useful app but after the last update on my Galaxy S7 it no longer allows setup of a new photon - when connecting to the photon it continuously resets. My other Android device with an older version of this app works fine. Please fix this urgently.

Joey Sullivan December 25, 2016

App crashes as soon as you login We've tried multiple different phones and this app is crashing on all of them. All I do is login with my email and password and it crashes!

Jeremy Hise September 28, 2016

Just doesn't work for me Edge 6 and photon. It blinks blue...which is nice. But I need a wifi platform and the forums weren't helpful.

Adam Ladd November 16, 2016

Worked Perfectly Instantly I was able to get the photon running and connected to wifi in under 2 minutes. Used my desktop computer to flash code and had a working prototype device in under 5 minutes. Awesome little board and this app did it's job.

David October 13, 2016

Photon I had to establish connection to Photon via apt-get install nodejs-legacy & npm install - g particle-cli on Linux. Once all that was done, the app (on Moto X Pure 2016) interacts nicely.

Brian Krohn February 12, 2016

Limited Would be really useful if I could check the device's dashboard. Maybe do some filtering, generate events, etc.

Pavel Helia June 30, 2016

Blackberry 10 Does not find Photon even if I connected to Photons wifi manually.

John Wohlers June 9, 2016

Does not work on marshmallow It worked fine before my phone updated to marshmallow, now it crashes when it tries to login

Kurt Henderson December 28, 2016

Good for initial setup Simple functionality. Got my Photon up and ready in under 5 minutes. Tested the pin read/write and it worked instantly.

Paul Champagne December 29, 2016

App keeps crashing. Too bad because it worked great at first

Harmeet Singh May 22, 2016

Not working on my Marshmallow device, can't find new Photon to setup. Please fix.

Ben Pusey March 6, 2017

Setup of new Photon devices doesn't work on the android app but the CLI, Particle Support and the Photon itself are excellent.

Particle Industries, Inc. March 6, 2017

Really sorry to hear things aren't working for you Ben. If you could submit a support ticket at support.particle.io with as much information as possible about what you tried, that would be super helpful. We'd love to get you up and running with your Photon!

Cameron Turner March 11, 2016

Great I wish it could let me see active variables and results

Øyvind Storesund Hetland February 9, 2017

Works great with my Particle Photon. It's stable, works every time, and easy to use.

Keelan Downton March 27, 2016

Can't register SIM for electron Galaxy S5

Aka kola September 2, 2016

works only 70 percent of time.

Josiah Wood March 1, 2017

Can't setup a new Proton

Particle Industries, Inc. March 6, 2017

Really sorry to hear that Josiah. If you could submit a support ticket at support.particle.io with as much information as possible about what you tried, that would be super helpful.

JT Zemp January 26, 2017

Love it, would love to be able to publish events from the app.

Brian Moreau February 18, 2016

Sweet :)

January 22, 2016

Quite limited app This app does only 3 things. 1) Register/unregister a device 2) Online/offline status reporting 3) Tinker firmware flash and control for newbies. --- They should add more features like invoking cloud functions, reporting cloud variable values, published logs access etc.