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Need to keep track of the airflow in your data center or around your servers? How about making sure your HVAC and air control systems are functioning at full capacity? Or, if you're more fun, what about figuring out how fast your RC airplane is going? Well, the SparkFun Air Velocity Sensor Breakout - FS3000-1005 and FS3000-1015 can help you with all that and more! It's super easy, super Qwiic to hookup, and super fun to play with. Let's have a look!
SEN-18377
The SparkFun FS3000-1005 Qwiic Air Velocity Sensor Breakout can help you accurately determine the speed and consistency of ai…
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The SparkFun FS3000-1015 Qwiic Air Velocity Sensor Breakout can help you accurately determine the speed and consistency of ai…
Retired
Board Availability: As of April 16th, 2026, SparkFun only offers the
FS3000-1005 version of the Qwiic Air Velocity Sensor Breakout. We continue to feature the retired FS3000-1015 version and each of their respective Artemis Nano kits in this guide for reference to those who may have purchased them while they were still available in our catalog. Thank you for your understanding!
Required Materials
To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following materials. You may not need everything though depending on what you have. Add it to your cart, read through the guide, and adjust the cart as necessary.
Note: If you decide to use the
Artemis RedBoard Nano, make sure to
install the Arduino Board Add-On in Arduino and select the appropriate board when uploading code!
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The SparkFun Air Velocity Sensor Qwiic Kit comes with everything you need to get started using the FS3000-1005 Air Velocity S…
Retired
KIT-21310
The SparkFun Air Velocity Sensor Qwiic Kit comes with everything you need to get started using the FS3000-1015 Air Velocity S…
Retired
Suggested Reading
If you aren't familiar with the Qwiic system, take a look here for an overview.
We also recommend taking a look at the following tutorials if you aren't familiar with the concepts covered in them.
What is an Arduino?
What is this 'Arduino' thing anyway? This tutorials dives into what an Arduino is and along with Arduino projects and widgets.
Installing Arduino IDE
A step-by-step guide to installing and testing the Arduino software on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Logic Levels
Learn the difference between 3.3V and 5V devices and logic levels.
I2C
An introduction to I2C, one of the main embedded communications protocols in use today.
