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24 alternatives to Spark Electron
Arduino-like cellular development kit with a SIM card
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Spark Electron launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Cellular IoT development board with a simple data plan
2016 · store.particle.io · its alternatives →
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SparkFun▲77Bits and Pieces to Make Electronics Projects Possible
2014 · sparkfun.com · its alternatives →
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Bluz▲64Spark connected, Bluetooth LE development kit (Kickstarter)
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Light Rider▲953D printed prototype for an electric motorcycle
2016 · lightrider.apworks.de · its alternatives →
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2G/3G Enabled IoT Microcontroller platform.
2016 · particle.io · its alternatives →
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Proto.io▲135Fast, fully-interactive, high-fidelity mobile prototypes
2014 · proto.io · its alternatives →
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Creation Crate▲135Get a new electronics project every month
2016 · creationcrate.com · its alternatives →
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Frame.IoT▲70An Arduino-compatible dev kit for wi-fi projects
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A place for your ideas, goals & life plans (Kickstarter)
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Endaga▲106Build your own cellular network. Just add power & internet.
2014 · endaga.com · its alternatives →
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Real-world AR with Google's new IoT platform
2018 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →
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A high-performance solar phone charger
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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