Electric Imp

The Imp provides an easy, integrated way to connect almost any hardware device both to other devices and to internet services. It’s more than just a WiFi card, or even a WiFi module with processing built in - it’s an integrated platform that deals with the drudgery of connectivity, allowing you to concentrate on the application instead of the mechanics.

It does this by integrating an 802.11b/g/n WiFi transceiver, a great antenna, a Cortex-M3 core and lots of flexible I/O in a tiny package. But the hardware is only part of what makes the Electric Imp an innovative platform. The development environment and workflow is totally cloud-based and in-browser!

Features:

• Super Small Form Factor
• WEP, WPA and WPA2 encryption
• Cortex-M3 core gives great performance combined with low power consumption
• 6 I/O - UARTs, I2C, SPI, analog in and out, PWMs, GPIOs… all selectable under software control
• No SDK to install, no JTAG pods, no long download times… you develop your code in a browser-based IDE
• Software that runs on the Imp is written in Squirrel, a C-like language
• Data passes to and from the service over a TLS encrypted interface

CAUTION

Although, the Electric Imp comes in an SD form factor, it isn’t compatible with standard SD devices.

Important links:

• Product website
• Electronic Imp Wiki
• Squirrel language
• Connection
• Electric Imp tutorial