LED Gumball Machine
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Resources and Going Further
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Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
Learn about Ohm's Law, one of the most fundamental equations in all electrical engineering.
Pulse Width Modulation
An introduction to the concept of Pulse Width Modulation.
What is a Battery?
An overview of the inner workings of a battery and how it was invented.
Getting Started with LTspice
LTspice is a high performance SPICE simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with an impressive library of passive devices. Over 1000 models are included in the download but you can also add third party models.
micro:bit Educator Lab Pack Experiment Guide
A quickstart guide for the micro:bit educator lab pack.
SparkFun gator:particle Hookup Guide
The gator:particle is an I2C heart-rate monitor and pulse oximeter that can be used as a particle sensor. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:particle with the micro:bit platform.
MicroMod Environmental Function Board Hookup Guide
The SparkFun MicroMod Environmental Function Board adds additional sensing options to the MicroMod Processor Boards. This function board includes three sensors to monitor air quality (SGP40), humidity & temperature (SHTC3), and CO2 concentrations (STC31) in your indoor environment. To make it even easier to use, all communication is over the MicroMod's I2C bus! In this tutorial, we will go over how to connect the board and read the sensors.
Qwiic Pressure Sensor (BMP581) Hookup Guide
Get started with the SparkFun Pressure Sensor - BMP581 (Qwiic) following this Hookup Guide