How to Power a Project

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Resources and Going Further

You should now know the most common ways to power your circuit and how to figure out which way is best for you depending on your your project’s specific requirements. You can make a better judgment now based on current, voltage, connector, and mobility considerations for your project. Check out these other great tutorials to monitor, control, or power your project!

Battery Technologies

The basics behind the batteries used in portable electronic devices: LiPo, NiMH, coin cells, and alkaline.

LTC4150 Coulomb Counter Hookup Guide

A "Coulomb Counter" is like a gas gauge for your battery. Here's how to use it.

Qwiic Quad Relay Hookup Guide

SparkFun’s Qwiic Quad Relay is a product designed for switching not one but four high powered devices from your Arduino or other low powered microcontroller using I2C.

LiPo Charger Plus Hookup Guide

This tutorial shows you how to hook up and use the SparkFun LiPo Charger Plus board.

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