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How to Build a DIY GNSS Reference Station

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial will focus on setting up your own fixed antenna on your roof or other fixed structure and configuring a minicomputer to serve that data over the internet where it can be accessed by WiFi or more commonly, from a cellular phone or modem.

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Magnetic Levitation

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial we'll build a basic magnetic levitator. This guide will go over some of the theory, how to use a magnetic field sensor, and how to use one to build a basic levitation circuit.

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Adding Audio to Your Embedded Project Using Qwiic Twist and Audio Player

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we'll walk you through using the SparkFun Audio Player Breakout in combination with the Qwiic Twist to let you select and play tracks from a microSD card. It's a compact and powerful way to add audio interactivity to your prototype using simple I2C and serial connections.

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MicroMod RP2040 Processor Board Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The MicroMod RP2040 Processor Board is a low-cost, high-performance board with flexible digital interfaces featuring the Raspberry Pi Foundation's RP2040 microcontroller. The board takes advantage of the MicroMod M.2 connector to easily swap out processor boards on carrier boards.

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MicroMod WiFi Function Board - ESP32 Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun MicroMod ESP32 Function Board adds additional wireless options to MicroMod Processor Boards that do not have that capability. This special function board acts as a coprocessor that takes advantage of Espressif's ESP32 WROOM to add WiFi and Bluetooth® to your applications.

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Pro Micro RP2040 Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The Pro Micro RP2040 is a low-cost, high-performance board with flexible digital interfaces featuring the Raspberry Pi Foundation's RP2040 microcontroller. The board uses well known Pro Micro footprint with castellated mounting holes.

Blogs

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Behold the Yack-O-Lantern!

By SparkFun Electronics

With just a handful of parts and a couple of hours of work, you can easily repulse all of your co-workers at this year's office Halloween party!

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Interactive Spooky Halloween Cat

By SparkFun Electronics

Check out this distance sensing Halloween prop designed to spook the willies out of trick-or-treaters.

Tutorials

TUTORIAL

SparkFun Qwiic Dual Solid State Relay Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial we'll detail the hardware on the Dual Solid State Relay, how to connect it to an Arduino or other microcontroller and how to use the examples included in our Arduino library and Python package.

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SparkFun Qwiic GPIO Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide we'll go over everything you need to know about the Qwiic GPIO so you can add those extra I/O pins to your circuit with ease!

TUTORIAL
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SparkFun QwiicBus Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

Introducing the SparkFun QwiicBus system! The QwiicBus is a fast and easy way to extend the range of your I‎²‎C bus.

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How to Run a 5V Device On a 3.3V System With Qwiic

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide we'll cover the hardware and how to utilize the Qwiic 5V Boost with the Sensirion SEN55 Sensor (but you can use the SEN54 or SPS30, instead).

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Designing with MicroMod

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial will walk you through the specs of the MicroMod processor and carrier board as well as the basics of incorporating the MicroMod form factor into your own PCB designs!

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Setting up a Rover Base RTK System

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial will walk you through setting up a base and rover so that your rover can have the ~14mm accuracy that surveyors use! This can be useful for all sorts of projects including agriculture, drones, mapping, and even some extreme geocaching.