Over-the-air updates
Sometimes, it may happen that the code you've uploaded to a board needs to be updated, either because your initial code had some flaws and caused an error, or because you want to improve the code and add functionality.
Some development boards offer over-the-air (OTA) updates, a feature that comes in handy once your prototype is wrapped up, maybe boxed in a case, and where it is hard to physically connect to your computer via USB cable again in order to update the firmware.
Devices offering OTA updates do not need to be connected to your computer via cable; they just need to be connected to the internet and can then be updated from anywhere in the World. Currently, this is only supported out of the box by Particle development ...
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