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!
SparkFun 5V/1A LiPo Charger/Booster Hookup Guide
This tutorial shows you how to hook up and use the SparkFun 5V/1A LiPo Charger/Booster circuit.
LuMini Ring Hookup Guide
The LuMini Rings (APA102-2020) are the highest resolution LED rings available.
LumiDrive Hookup Guide
The LumiDrive LED Driver is SparkFun’s foray into all things Python on micro-controllers. With the SparkFun LumiDrive you will be able to control and personalize a whole strand of APA102s directly from the board itself.
Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide
The essential parts for beginning (or even experienced) hobbyists that gives you all of the basic through-hole components you will need to get started playing with embedded projects. We'll identify a few parts in the kit and provide a few basic circuits to get started!
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