LED Gumball Machine
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Resources and Going Further
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Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
SPI is commonly used to connect microcontrollers to peripherals such as sensors, shift registers, and SD cards.
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.
RFID Basics
Dive into the basics of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.
Programming an FPGA
Come look at the basics of working with Field Programmable Gate Arrays.
CCS811 Air Quality Breakout Hookup Guide
This tutorial shows you how to get data from a CCS811 breakout board with the I2C interface.
Capacitive Touch Slider (CAP1203) Hookup Guide
An easy and Qwiic way to add capacitive touch to any of your projects using the CAP1203! In this guide, we go over how to connect and set up your Capacitive Touch Slider so you can start playing with it right away.
SparkFun GPS-RTK Dead Reckoning ZED-F9R Hookup Guide
The u-blox ZED-F9R is a powerful GPS-RTK unit that uses a fusion of IMU, wheel ticks, a vehicle dynamics model, correction data, and GNSS measurements to provide highly accurate and continuous position for navigation in the difficult conditions. We will quickly get you set up using the Qwiic ecosystem through Arduino and Python so that you can start reading the output!
Turn a Qwiic Ultrasonic Distance Sensor into a Garage Distance Sensor
This tutorial will take your SparkFun Qwiic Ultrasonic Distance Sensor to the next level by turning it into a parking distance sensor!