LED Gumball Machine
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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.
Button and Switch Basics
A tutorial on electronics' most overlooked and underappreciated component: the switch! Here we explain the difference between momentary and maintained switches and what all those acronyms (NO, NC, SPDT, SPST, ...) stand for.
Polarity
An introduction to polarity in electronic components. Discover what polarity is, which parts have it, and how to identify it.
Introduction to Operational Amplifiers with LTSpice
Picking up where we left off in "Getting Started with LTSpice," we delve a little deeper into LTSpice through an introduction of Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps).
MLX90614 IR Thermometer Hookup Guide
How to use the MLX90614 or our SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board to take temperatures remotely, over short distances.
ADXL345 Hookup Guide
Get started with the ADXL345 Accelerometer.
Getting Started with the MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor Ecosystem
The MyoWare® 2.0 Muscle Sensor, an Arduino-compatible, all-in-one electromyography (EMG) sensor from Advancer Technologies. In this tutorial, we will go over the features and related shields to connect the sensor to a muscle group.
Qwiic ToF Imager - VL53L5CX Hookup Guide
Hookup Guide for the Qwiic ToF Imager - VL53L5CX