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!

Serial Communication

Asynchronous serial communication concepts: packets, signal levels, baud rates, UARTs and more!

Accelerometer Basics

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

Introduction to MQTT

An introduction to MQTT, one of the main communication protocols used with the Internet of Things (IoT).

How Does an FPGA Work?

The What, How, Why, and When of Field Programmable Gate Arrays, aka FPGAs

ESP32 Thing Motion Shield Hookup Guide

Getting started with the ESP32 Thing Motion Shield to detect movements using the on-board LSM9DS1 IMU and adding a GPS receiver. Data can be easily logged by adding an microSD card to the slot.

LilyPad Light Sensor V2 Hookup Guide

How to hook up the LilyPad Light Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.

Qwiic UV Sensor (VEML6075) Hookup Guide

Learn how to connect your VEML6075 UV Sensor and figure out just when you should put some sunscreen on.

SparkFun Humidity Sensor Breakout - SHTC3 (Qwiic) Hookup Guide

A Hookup Guide to get started using the SHTC3 breakout.