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!
Wake-on-Shake Hookup Guide
A basic hookup guide for getting started with the SparkFun Wake-on-Shake. The board gives you the ability to put your project into hibernation until bumped or shaken awake using the ADXL362 accelerometer. This means you can design projects meant to stay inert for long periods of time, possibly even several years, depending on the battery type used to power the project.
Hobby Servo Tutorial
Servos are motors that allow you to accurately control the rotation of the output shaft, opening up all kinds of possibilities for robotics and other projects.
Buck Regulator Hookup Guide
Get started with SparkFun's newest Buck Regulator Boards - the BabyBuck and the Buck!
MicroMod Ethernet Function Board - W5500 Hookup Guide
Add Ethernet and PoE capabilities to your MicroMod project using the Ethernet Function Board - W5500.
Or check out some of these blog posts for ideas: