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!

Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law

Learn about Ohm's Law, one of the most fundamental equations in all electrical engineering.

Accelerometer Basics

A quick introduction to accelerometers, how they work, and why they're used.

Basic LED Animations for Beginners (Arduino)

Let's have some fun with LEDs! We'll explore LEDs once again with the SparkFun RedBoard Qwiic, making cool effects, and putting those effects to work using a sensor.

Monitor Sensor Data from Anywhere

Using WiFi to send sensor data from an ESP32 to a WiFi network and be able to read it from an IoT Dashboard from anywhere in the world.

RedBoard Santa Trap

A fun holiday project to try for anyone looking to catch Santa on Christmas!

micro:climate Kit Experiment Guide

A weather station kit that is built on top of the inexpensive, easy-to-use micro:bit and Microsoft MakeCode.

SparkFun GPS Dead Reckoning NEO-M8U Hookup Guide

The u-blox NEO-M8U is a powerful GPS units that takes advantage of untethered dead reckoning (UDR) technology for navigation. The module provides continuous positioning for vehicles in urban environments and during complete signal loss (e.g. short tunnels and parking garages). We will quickly get you set up using the Qwiic ecosystem and Arduino so that you can start reading the output!

Detecting Colors with the SparkFun Tristimulus Color Sensor

Detect and classify colors based on their CIE XYZ color space values.