Particle Electron Cellular IoT Kit - 3G Americas/Aus

Product ID: 3234
$69.99

Description

The Electron is a small cellular IoT board made by Particle. This tiny development kit has everything you need for creating 3G cellular connected products. Includes a prepaid, no contract data plan and instant web access to your Electron with wireless programming.

Kit includes:

  • Microcontroller
  • Particle SIM card with service in more than 100 countries worldwide
  • 3 months of Particle's 1MB monthly data plan (see "Set up an Electron" instructions below)
  • Antenna x 1
  • 2000mAh battery x 1
  • USB cable x 1
  • Half-size breadboard x 1

The Electron kit also includes Particle's development tools and cloud platform for managing and updating your new connected hardware.

GSM 850/1900 MHz for use in North & South America, and Australia.

Please note that the Electron is a GSM-only device, and does not support CDMA networks.  For a full list of compatible countries, please visit the link here and see “Compatible Countries".

2G Global version also available here.

Technical Details

Specs:

  • STM32F205 ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller
  • 1MB Flash, 128K RAM
  • Cellular modem: U-Blox SARA U-series (3G)
  • 36 pins total: 28 GPIOs (D0-D13, A0-A13), plus TX/RX, 2 GNDs, VIN, VBAT, WKP, 3V3, RST
  • Board dimensions: 2.0" x 0.8" x 0.3" (0.5" including headers)

Datasheet for the Electron

Click these links for all Particle product Troubleshooting:

RoHS 2 2011 65 EU Compliant

Learn

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