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!

Light

Light is a useful tool for the electrical engineer. Understanding how light relates to electronics is a fundamental skill for many projects.

Analog vs. Digital

This tutorial covers the concept of analog and digital signals, as they relate to electronics.

Connectivity of the Internet of Things

An overview of the different protocols that can be used for the development of Internet of Things (IoT)-based projects.

ASCII

A brief history of how ASCII came to be, how it's useful to computers, and some helpful tables to convert numbers to characters.

ITG-3200 Hookup Guide

Learn how to interact with the ITG-3200 Triple Axis Gyroscope.

SIK Keyboard Instrument

We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.

Reed Switch Hookup Guide

Magnetically-actuated reed switches are the perfect component for non-contact proximity sensors. This tutorial provides a quick overview and example hook up.

Detecting Colors with the SparkFun Tristimulus Color Sensor

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