Particle

Particle provides an integrated IoT Platform-as-a-Service designed to support a wide array of IoT needs. The platform offers edge computing solutions that allow custom software to run and update on devices, and supports network and connectivity with reliable messaging over heterogeneous networks. Particle’s data automation capabilities enable not just data storage but also actionable insights. The platform ensures management and oversight with visibility into every device in an IoT fleet and supports runtime with a bare metal container for running software within a device. It also offers OTA software updates for reliable, system-wide deployment. Particle provides a range of developer tools including a professional-grade IDE, CLI, and SDKs, and ensures device protection with features to harden devices against physical exploits and attacks. The platform supports Edge ML with capabilities to deploy and upgrade Edge ML models, and features ‘It just works’ connectivity with pre-provisioned devices ensuring secure, reliable connectivity. Particle.publish() allows for protocol-agnostic edge-to-cloud communications in one line of code, and built-in end-to-end encryption secures data in transit. The platform offers EtherSIM, a global self-healing embedded SIM supporting over 350 carriers, and provides multi-radio transport with seamless Wi-Fi, cellular, satellite, and LoRaWAN support. Particle includes a data pipeline for reliable real-time message bus to process streaming IoT data, and features Ledger BETA, a key/value store to power digital twins, and Logic BETA, a serverless computing engine triggered by event data. The platform supports Location Fusion for accurate location combining Wi-Fi, GPS/GNSS, and cell tower data, and provides a REST API to trigger device actions through a web and mobile API. It integrates with over 250 data services through web integrations and includes a console for single pane of glass management of IoT fleets. Particle facilitates software releases with intelligent, controlled roll-outs of OTA updates, offers Vitals for debugging and diagnosing connectivity issues in the field, and provides enterprise-grade tools to control and monitor access and alerts. The company has announced upcoming features for configuration and insights to enhance fleet management and reliability.