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!

INA169 Breakout Board Hookup Guide

How to interface with the INA169 Breakout Board to measure current.

PicoBuck Hookup Guide v12

The PicoBuck board is a high-efficiency three-channel constant-current LED driver.

Measuring Internal Resistance of Batteries

Classroom STEM activity that has students build a battery from a lemon, measure the open and closed circuit voltages, and determine the battery's internal resistance.

Power Delivery Board - USB-C (Qwiic) Hookup Guide

This guide will go over how to use the USB Type-C Power Delivery Board.

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