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LED Gumball Machine

By SparkFun Electronics

Do you need an LED? The answer is always yes. But what if you need one right now? Build yourself an LED gumball machine and never run out again!

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36

Wireless Gesture Controlled Robot

By SparkFun Electronics

Control the RedBot wirelessly based on the movement of your hand using an accelerometer and XBees!

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36

Keyboard Shortcut, Qwiic Keypad

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide, we will cover how to utilize the RedBoard Turbo to emulate an HID keyboard that responds to inputs from the Qwiic Keypad to create your own custom shortcut keypad.

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ESP32 Relay Web Server

By SparkFun Electronics

The goal of this project is to have a website hosted on an ESP32 that controls any relay-controlled device connected to a local network and keeps a dynamically updated state of those devices.

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Raspberry Pi Safe Reboot and Shutdown Button

By SparkFun Electronics

Pulling the plug on your Raspberry Pi before it safely shuts down... is a bad idea! This can result in a corrupt microSD card and file system. Normally, we can use the menu bar from the GUI or type a command in the terminal window to safely shutdown the Pi.

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Build Your Own High-Concentration CO2 Detector

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial covers how to get CO2 and other environmental readings from the STC31 using both Arduino and MicroPython when connecting the CO2 Sensor Breakout to a compatible development board over Qwiic.

Blogs

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Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we'll provide a quick rundown of each part in the kit, to help reinforce your understanding of the component. For some parts, we'll include an example application, in case you're in need of a circuit to plug your new toys into.

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Behold the Yack-O-Lantern!

By SparkFun Electronics

With just a handful of parts and a couple of hours of work, you can easily repulse all of your co-workers at this year's office Halloween party!

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Interactive Spooky Halloween Cat

By SparkFun Electronics

Check out this distance sensing Halloween prop designed to spook the willies out of trick-or-treaters.

Tutorials See All

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Qwiic Proximity Sensor (VCNL4040) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The Qwiic Proximity Sensor is a simple IR presence and ambient light sensor utilizing the VCNL4040. This sensor is excellent for detecting if something has appeared in front of the sensor; detecting objects qualitatively up to 20cm away.

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SparkFun Qwiic RFID-IDXXLA Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The Qwiic RFID ID-XXLA is an I2C solution that pairs with the ID-LA modules: ID-3LA, the ID-12LA, or the ID-20LA, and utilizes 125kHz RFID chips. Using the product's interrupt pin, we'll discuss how to get, store, and compare unique RFID IDs.

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SparkFun GPS Breakout (ZOE-M8Q and SAM-M8Q) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun ZOE-M8Q and SAM-M8Q are simple GNSS receivers with different antenna configurations. They both have a 2.5m horizontal accuracy!

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TFT LCD Breakout 1.8in 128x160 Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide we will familiarize ourselves with the hardware, explain how to connect the display to your microcontroller of choice, cover how to install the Arduino libraries, and give an overview of the software examples that you can start off with.

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Qwiic Scale Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The Qwiic Scale is an incredibly easy way to read scales and their inner bits, and load cells.

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SAMD51 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial aims to familiarize you with the new SAMD51 Thing Plus and help you get started using it.