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!

What is a Circuit?

Every electrical project starts with a circuit. Don't know what a circuit is? We're here to help.

Voltage Dividers

Turn a large voltage into a smaller one with voltage dividers. This tutorial covers: what a voltage divider circuit looks like and how it is used in the real world.

LilyPad Basics: Powering Your Project

Learn the options for powering your LilyPad projects, LiPo battery safety and care, and how to calculate and consider power constraints on your projects.

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).

Vernier Photogate

Vernier Photogate Timer -- using the Serial Enabled LCD Kit.

Qwiic TMP117 High Precision Digital Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide

Add a high precision, digital temperature sensor to your projects using the TMP117 over the I2C!

Qwiic Pressure Sensor (BMP384) Hookup Guide

Get started with the SparkFun Pressure Sensor - BMP384 (Qwiic) following this guide.

Calibrating Your Odometry Sensor

In this tutorial, we will cover how to calibrate your Qwiic Optical Tracking Odometry Sensor (or "OTOS") with Arduino and Python Examples.