So I’m building a product that will be sellable. My question is twofold: Is there any risk of the photon going away now that the new mesh products are available? Is there any reason I couldn’t use photons for a production product? I like that it already has buttons and leds and power already…

[image] johnwest80: Is there any risk of the photon going away now that the new mesh products are available? [image] Particle Mesh FAQs What is happening to the Photon and Electron? Nothing! We will continue to sell Photon, P-Series (P0/P1), Electron, and E-Series SKUs indefinitely until …

What’s cool about the headerless Photon is that it can be surface mounted, due to its castellated pin arrangement. That also makes it easy to hand-solder to pads (vs. through hole).

good question John, we are in the same position, heavily dependent on photons and particle shields for commercial use. Whats concerning to us is I see the particle relay and shields we rely on for our commercial robotics system are already under the “legacy accessories” section of the documentati…

[image] jasperza: under the “legacy accessories” section of the documentation. Indeed, that is a curious labeling of those accessories. Especially since the power, programmer and relay shields are still in the store . They haven't made the Photon and Electron "Legacy" devices yet, so to blanke…

Legacy was a term that we came up with for the Photon/Electron and their accessories. However, that has unintended connotations, so they’ll be renamed: 1st generation (Core) 2nd generation (Photon, P1, Electron, E Series) 3rd generation (Argon, Boron, Xenon, A Series, B Series, X Series)

Good discussion here. Legacy vs. Discontinued To me, "legacy" and "discontinued" hold very different meaning. We originally picked "legacy" to communicate that the Photon and Electron are part of an "older generation" of products – our 2nd gen product family, as Rick mentioned above. "Discontinue…

It really is semantics, but it seems to me that it’s really about “Non-mesh enabled” vs “Mesh enabled”. To label them by generation is still scary, as older generations die :). Is particle willing to give a commitment to how long the non-mesh product line will continue to be manufactured and sold? …

The reality is that the Photon and Electron are a part of an older generation and will likely be discontinued (unavailable for purchase) sooner than our 3rd generation of products. To be very clear, we have no current plans to discontinue either the Photon or Electron. Please do not misconstrue an…

thanks, appreciate accommodating us on these soft issues (we wouldn’t get that response from some of our other suppliers), we will continue with production using the 2nd gen. products, and start prototyping the 3rd gen. We are looking forward to the quick connection startup times of mesh and the in…

Photon for production use?

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Moors7 November 19, 2018, 3:09pm 2

The headerless version exists for a reason, so shouldn't be an issue.

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