Gen 3 Devices - fast timer

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@marshall

I’m very worried about the longevity of the Gen2 device for this reason.

I see no indication about the end of Gen2 hardware, nor there are intentions from Particle:

@will

To be very clear, we have no current plans to discontinue either the Photon or Electron. Please do not misconstrue anything in this post to be specific commentary on our near term plans for those products.

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