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!

Series and Parallel Circuits

An introduction into series and parallel circuits.

Analog vs. Digital

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

Alternating Current (AC) vs. Direct Current (DC)

Learn the differences between AC and DC, the history, different ways to generate AC and DC, and examples of applications.

Raspberry Pi SPI and I2C Tutorial

Learn how to use serial I2C and SPI buses on your Raspberry Pi using the wiringPi I/O library for C/C++ and spidev/smbus for Python.

LSM6DS3 Breakout Hookup Guide

A hookup guide for the LSM6DS3, which features a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and FIFO buffer.

LilyPad Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide

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

SparkFun WiFi IR Blaster Hookup Guide

How to assemble the WiFi IR Blaster and program it using Arduino. You'll be controlling IR devices from the web in no time!

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.