LED Gumball Machine

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Contributors: Nate

Resources and Going Further

We hope you've enjoyed reading about our LED dispensing gumball machine. If you liked this one, there's tons more!

Pull-up Resistors

A quick introduction to pull-up resistors - whey they're important, and how/when to use them.

Voltage Dividers

Turn a large voltage into a smaller one with voltage dividers. This tutorial covers: what a voltage divider circuit looks like and how it is used in the real world.

RFID Basics

Dive into the basics of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

Python Programming Tutorial: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi

This guide will show you how to write programs on your Raspberry Pi using Python to control hardware.

MPU-9150 Hookup Guide

A basic guide to get started with the MPU-9150 9 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.

Piezo Vibration Sensor Hookup Guide

How to combine a piezo sensor, high-value resistor, and an Arduino to create a vibration sensor.

CCS811 Air Quality Breakout Hookup Guide

This tutorial shows you how to get data from a CCS811 breakout board with the I2C interface.

SparkFun PIR Breakout Hookup Guide

Get started with these Panasonic EKM-Series PIR breakouts following this Hookup Guide.