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Can anybody tell me how the Particle (Photon/Core) WiFi setup works?

I am looking to mimic this WiFi configuration format for my own device.

The basic steps are as follows:

  1. Power device on; put in "listening mode" if not already active;
  2. Connect smartphone to the wireless network that you want to connect your device to;
  3. Open the Tinker/Spark/whatever-it's-called App on your smartphone; choose "Add New Device";
  4. Enter wireless password;
  5. Wait for device to be discovered by the App; device is now connected to WiFi.

How is the information (SSID, password) transferred from the smartphone to the device?

Thanks in advance.

CharlieHanson
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asked Oct 30, 2015 at 20:20
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  • Are you on about WPS? Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 22:38
  • What does this have to do with Arduinos? Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 4:38
  • @NickGammon It has as much to do with Arduinos as the Intel Edison, Galileo and the Teensy range. Those are welcome here, should the Particle/Spark system not be too? Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 19:47
  • Oh well, what is the question here? Any idea how does particle (photon/core) wifi works - that's too broad then. Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 21:22
  • I've edited the question so that it asks about the wireless setup, which I think is a valid and non-broad question. I'd also like to know the answer! Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 12:42

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The Particle Photon is a replacement for the Spark Core module. This module was exploiting the Texas Instrument CC3000 chip. It was this chip that handle the very simple and convenient Wi-Fi configuration of the Spark Core. Texas Instrument named this method : SimpleLink.

The Particle Photon is now using a different module than the Core : a Broadcom BCM43362 instead of the CC3000. It's seems to work in a similar manner even if I was not able to find any information on it.

I've found on the George Howkins Depletion Region blog multiple articles that explain how the CC3000 SimpleLink works.

All the posts : http://depletionregion.blogspot.fr/search?q=smart+config

answered Mar 11, 2016 at 15:02

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