Particle Argon: nRF52840 with Mesh Networking and WiFi

Summary

The Argon is a powerful Wi-Fi enabled development board that can act as either a standalone Wi-Fi endpoint or Wi-Fi enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840 and has built-in battery charging circuitry so it’s easy to connect a Li-Po and deploy your local network in minutes.

The Argon is great for connecting existing projects to the Particle Device Cloud or as a gateway to connect an entire group of local endpoints.

Espressif ESP32-D0WD-V3 2.4G Wi-Fi coprocessor
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 SoC
On-board additional 2MB SPI flash
On-board 2.4GHz PCB antenna for Thread/BLE (does not support Wi-Fi)
Two U.FL connectors for external antennas (one for Thread/BLE, another for Wi-Fi)
Meets the Feather specification in dimensions and pinoutESP32-D0WD-V3CT

Specifications

Manufacturer	Particle Industries, Inc.
Category	Open Source MCU Platforms
Eval Board Part Number	1878-1022-ND
Eval Board Supplier	Particle Industries, Inc.
IDE	Online Based
Speed	64 MHz
Bits	32 Bit
Memory, Flash/RAM	5 MB / 256 kB
Digital I/O	20 I/O, 8 PWM
Interface	I²C x1 SPI x1 UART x1 USB Device
Analog Outputs (DACs)	0
Analog Inputs (ADCs)	6 x 12 Bit
DMA Channels	0
Features	Battery Charger, LiPo Cryptographic Acceleration Unit Feather Compatible On-Board Antenna Power/Enable Pin Random Number Generator Watch Dog Timers
Radio	Bluetooth 5 IEEE 802.15.4 NFC - A Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Interrupt Pins	0
I/O Voltage	3.3 V
Voltage In	3 ~ 6.2 V
Touch Sensing Pins	0
Program/Debug Interface	JTAG (ICDI) USB Type-Micro B
Area	1161² mm, 1.8² In
Main I.C. Base Part	ESP32 nRF52840
Design Author	Particle Industries, Inc.
Date Created By Author	2018-10
Date Added To Library	2019-04