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!

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.

Motors and Selecting the Right One

Learn all about different kinds of motors and how they operate.

What is a Battery?

An overview of the inner workings of a battery and how it was invented.

Lessons in Algorithms

Learn techniques on how to use Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters and other data-processing tools to turn data into information.

Creating a Humidor Control Box

Because some of our boards need to be re-humidified after reflow, we decided to make our own humidor. This tutorial will focus on how to model a project in 3D and then fabricate it using a CNC routing machine.

Qwiic Flex Glove Controller Hookup Guide

Is your finger bent? Is your finger straight? The Qwiic Flex Glove controller board will answer this age old question for you with the flex sensor!

Qwiic dToF Imager (TMF882X) Hookup Guide

Getting started with the AMS dToF imagers (TMF8820 and TMF8820).

SparkFun Arduino UNO R4 WiFi Qwiic Kit Hookup Guide

The SparkFun Arduino UNO R4 WiFi Qwiic Kit is a great way to get started with Arduino and the Qwiic-connect system - use this guide to get started!