Alternative Power Sources for the Spark Core

To turn off Wifi and/or Spark.connection at startup:

#include "application.h"
#include "spark_disable_wlan.h"
#include "spark_disable_cloud.h"

To turn Wifi on/off in your loop():

WiFi.on();
WiFi.off();

To check Wifi status:

WiFi_Status_TypeDef current_wifi_status = WiFi.status(); //save in current_wifi_status

The conditions available for WiFi.status()

WIFI_CONNECTING
WIFI_ON
WIFI_OFF

To connect to Spark.cloud on/off in your loop():

Spark.connect();
Spark.disconnect();

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