Particle Argon IoT Development Board

Argon is a powerful Wi-Fi-enabled development board that can function as an independent Wi-Fi endpoint. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 chip and features an internal battery charging circuit. This means that you can quickly deploy your local network by connecting it to a Li-Po battery.

Argon is perfect for connecting projects to the Particle device cloud or acting as a gateway to connect all local endpoints. With additional features like Bluetooth, everything you love about the Photon model is combined in one.

All Particle hardware is designed to work with Device Cloud from the ground up; it's a powerful tool and infrastructure set to build, connect, and manage your IoT fleet. All Particle customers receive 10 free micro networks using a Wi-Fi or Ethernet gateway. A micro network is defined as a network with up to 10 devices and a single gateway.

Product Introduction Video

Features

• Espressif ESP32-D0WD 2.4G Wi-Fi co-processor
• 4MB Flash on board for ESP32
• Support for 802.11 b/g/n
• 11 n (2.4GHz), up to 150 Mbps
• Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
• ARM Cortex-M4F 32-bit processor @ 64MHz
• 1MB flash, 256KB RAM
• IEEE 802.15.4-2006: 250 Kbps
• Bluetooth 5: 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps, 500 Kbps, 125 Kbps
• Supports DSP instructions and HW accelerated Floating Point Unit (FPU) calculations
• ARM TrustZone CryptoCell-310 Encryption and Security Module
• TX power up to +8 dBm (down to -20 dBm in 4 dB steps)
• NFC-A tag
• Additional 4MB SPI flash on board
• 20 mixed-signal GPIO (6 x Analog, 8 x PWM), UART, I2C, SPI
• Micro USB 2.0 full-speed (12 Mbps)
• Integrated Li-Po charging and battery connector
• JTAG (SWD) connector
• RGB status LED
• Reset and Mode buttons
• On-board 2.4GHz PCB antenna for Thread/BLE (not compatible with Wi-Fi)
• Two U.FL connectors for external antennas (one for Thread/BLE, one for Wi-Fi)
• FCC, CE, and IC certified
• RoHS compliant

Documents

• Schematic
• Datasheet
• Certificate
• Github