If you’re anything like me, you’ve got an entire desk drawer full of hardware dev boards and sensors waiting patiently for a project. (Okay, fine, a garage storage rack.) That’s why I was so excited when we announced we’re bringing Twilio’s Sync to IoT devices. Sync is Twilio’s real-time state synchronization product, allowing you to persist, update, and check variable state from anywhere the internet is… Read More
“Code is Creative”. You showed us how true that statement really is at this year’s SIGNAL San Francisco. Your creativity was made readily visible on the 40 foot video wall (and interactive art display) we hosted upstairs at the show. We handed out Hackpacks, hackable hardware badges with a Particle Electron onboard, which had the ability to control that massive display via text messages. Poking, then Automating, then… Read More
After spending some quality time with Particle’s Electron product, I’m so excited to share some of the awesome things I’ve got it doing. Powerful, always connected, and perfectly priced for experimentation, it’s an incredible kick-start on your IoT journey. We’re going to give you an even bigger boost today by showing you how to receive messages with Twilio and do something useful… blink the onboard LED with… Read More
This year at SIGNAL, every attendee got their own Particle Electron powered HackPack. The HackPacks controlled a big screen display upstairs at the show, allowing attendees to wow us in a live exhibit of the intersection of code and artistic creativity. We were so impressed with all the creativity on display at the conference. Over 1,250 of you powered up your HackPack during the conference and accepted… Read More