Scaling down from RPi to Particle Boron and Xenon

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Hi Guys,

I’m considering buying a Particle Boron and Xenon, to wirelessly connect a project I’m running on the RPi 3 to 3G (I’m from Ireland). The project runs several python programs to connect to the Google Maps API, to find traffic levels - not to locate the positions of the devices.

I then aim create a mesh network for the devices using the Xenon.

Please excuse the ignorance, but do I use the Boron in conjunction with the RPi, or can I use the Particle IDE to run the programs? The computing power of the Raspberry Pi was the reason that I used the RPi originally instead of an Arduino.

The main aim - in the long term - of using the Boron is to scale down from the RPi, although if necessary, I will use it in conjunction with the RPi.

Thanks in advance for your patience,

Rory

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You should be able to connect to Google APIs via webhooks, so your tasks should not require a RPi.
But you'd need to do it all in C++ on the Boron as it doesn't talk Python.

The IDE is only for develpoing not for running programs.