Particle Electron 3G Kit (Americas/Aus) Cellular IoT Board Development Kit

The Electron 3G Kit is a tiny development kit for creating 3G cellular-connected electronics projects and products. It comes with a Particle SIM card with service in more than 100 countries worldwide. With the Electron you could receive payments, improve watering, locate a bike, reorder supplies, connect sensors or control a pump!

All Particle Hardware is designed from the ground up to work with the Device Cloud. The Device Cloud is a powerful set of tools and infrastructure to build, connect, and manage your IoT fleet.

Access to the Device Cloud includes:

• 3MB of cellular data per device/mo (additional data $0.40/MB for most countries)
• First 3 months of Device Cloud FREE ($2.99 per device/mo after)
• Device Cloud Features:
  - Device Management
  - Over the Air Firmware Updates
  - Fully Managed Connectivity
  - Developer Tools
  - Integrations

Contents:

• Particle Electron PCB
• Particle SIM Card
• Li-Po battery
• Taoglas Cellular Antenna
• USB cable
• Breadboard
• Pinout reference card
• Components for a sample product

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)

Country compatibility*:

• North America
• South America
• Australia
• New Zealand

*The Electron is a GSM-only device, and does not support CDMA networks. This is the Electron 3G Kit for Americas/Australia/New Zealand (850/1900 MHz). Please be sure to check the full list of compatible countries for the location in which your product will be deployed.

Quick Start Guide