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.

IoT Power Relay

Using the ESP32 to make a web-configured timed relay.

LiPo Charger Plus Hookup Guide

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

smôl Power Board AAA Hookup Guide

Small in size, small on current draw. It's a smôl world! This guide will get you up and running with the smôl Power Board AAA.

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