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!
Photon Battery Shield Hookup Guide
The Photon Battery Shield has everything your Photon needs to run off, charge, and monitor a LiPo battery. Read through this hookup guide to get started using it.
Beefcake Relay Control Hookup Guide
This is a guide for assembling and basic use of the Beefcake Relay Control board
How to Build a Remote Kill Switch
Learn how to build a wireless controller to kill power when things go... sentient.
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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