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!

Accelerometer Basics

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

Digital Logic

A primer on digital logic concepts in hardware and software.

Introduction to DMX

DMX512 is an industry standard in lighting and stage design, whether it be controlling lights, motors, or lasers, DMX512 has many uses. In this tutorial we’ll cover DMX512 (Digital Multiplex with 512 pieces of information).

External IO and Metastability

Why external signals can cause metastability and how to use constraint files to manage this

INA169 Breakout Board Hookup Guide

How to interface with the INA169 Breakout Board to measure current.

Hackers in Residence - The ElectricBone

Drum machines and keyboards have been the standard for making digital music, but how do you make electronic music if you're trained to play the trombone? One of our Hackers in Residence, Carlos Mello, took it upon himself to find a solution to that very question.

MPU-9150 Hookup Guide

A basic guide to get started with the MPU-9150 9 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.

Si7021 Humidity and Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide

The Si7021 humidity and temperature sensor is an easy to use, digital, low-cost sensor to aid you in all your environment sensing needs.