SparkFun Qwiic Shield for Thing Plus Hookup Guide
Contributors:
El Duderino
El Duderino Resources and Going Further
For more information, take a look at the resources below.
- Schematic (PDF)
- Eagle Files (ZIP)
- Board Dimensions
- GitHub Repository
- Qwiic System Landing Page
- SFE Product Showcase
If you are having trouble getting your Qwiic devices to connect using your newly assembled Qwiic Shield, you may want to take a look at these tutorials for help troubleshooting and reworking your shield.
Now that you have your Qwiic Shield ready to go, it's time to check out some Qwiic-enabled products. Below are a few to get started.
Before you go, here are some other tutorials using the Qwiic Connect System you may want to look through:
I2C
An introduction to I2C, one of the main embedded communications protocols in use today.
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The Melexis MLX90640 contains a 32x24 array of thermopile sensors creating, in essence, a low resolution thermal imaging camera. In this guide, we’ll go over how to connect your Qwiic Infrared Array with MLX90640 and get it communicating with Processing to produce a nice thermal image.
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!
Getting Started with u-blox Thingstream and PointPerfect
Interested in high precision GNSS without setting up a base station?