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DioT Labs
Introduction
IoT Project Kit
Particle Platform
What is the Particle Platform and what does it do?
Understanding your Photon2
Look to the Particle Community
Getting Started
Starting the Setup
Unbox it!
Power it up
CLI Basics
CMU Network Registration
Claim your Photon2
A Simple Internet Appliance
Understanding Breadboards
Understanding Jumper Wires
Understanding Resistors
Understanding LEDs
First Sketch: Making an LED Blink
Writing your own functions
Working with the Particle Cloud and Functions
Making a Connected LED
Essential Skills
Soldering
Debugging with Serial Communications
Practice Exercise (Optional)
LEDs Continued
Controlling LEDs: All about Pulse Width Modulation
analogWrite
A Connected Dimmer Switch
RGB LEDs
Making a Connected Color LED
Libraries
Built-in RGB LED
Getting Inputs
Inputs
Tutorial: Using a pushbutton
Tutorial: Using a switch
Tutorial: Using a potentiometer
If Statements
Working with Sensors
What are sensors?
Reading from Sensors: Using analogRead
Resistive Sensors and Pull Down Resistors
Particle Cloud and Variables
Using map()
Tutorial: Using a photoresistor
Practice Exercise II
IFTTT
Connecting IFTTT to Particle Functions
Controlling Outputs: Sound
Piezos
Making Sounds with Piezos
Practice Exercise
Controlling Outputs: Neopixels
For Loops
millis() & timed actions
Neopixels
Tutorial - Programming Neopixels
Practice Exercise
Controlling Outputs: Motors
Movement and Motors
Servos
Diodes
Transistors
Motor Control
Tips & Tricks
Practice Exercise
Working with Data
Communicating Events
Particle Cloud and Events Overview
A PIR and Particle.publish()
A connected Doorbell
Paired Devices Template
Tips and Tricks
Webhooks
Weather data from Open Meteo
Reading from a Google Spreadsheet
Triggering Actions on IFTTT
Paired Devices with Webhooks: Interact with Devices on another Particle account
Practice Exercise
Tips and Tricks
Resources
Index
Course Site
cawd-504
cawd-504
Cawd-504 May 2026