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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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35

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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753

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.

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92

Tinker Kit Circuit Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Tinker Kit is your starter tool kit for beginning with embedded electronics, robotics and citizen science using the SparkFun RedBoard Qwiic without breaking the bank. This guide contains all the information you will need to explore the 11 circuits of the Tinker Kit.

PROJECT
899

Fading with the MOSFET Power Switch and Buck Regulator

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial will guide you through using the SparkFun MOSFET Power Switch and Buck Regulator (Low-Side) with your Arduino projects.

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12

SparkFun PIR Breakout Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

Looking to add some motion detection to a project you are working on? The SparkFun PIR Breakout - 170uA (EKMC4607112K) and SparkFun PIR Breakout - 1uA (EKMB1107112) might be just the thing!

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301

LiPo Fuel Gauge (MAX1704X) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun LiPo Fuel Gauge - MAX17043 connects your LiPo battery to your project and uses a sophisticated algorithm to detect the relative state of charge and direct A/D measurement of battery voltage.

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177

Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 is a low power, high quality stereo codec with 1W Stereo Class D speaker drivers and headphone drivers.

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57

Analog MEMS Microphone (VM2020) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Analog MEMS Microphone Breakout makes it easy to work with the Vesper VM2020 analog microphone. The VM2020 is an ultra-high Acoustic Overload Point (AOP), high dynamic range, differential analog output piezoelectric MEMS microphone.

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46

XBee3 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

With these 2 versions of SparkFun's XBee3 Thing Plus, we've taken DIGI's XBEE3 802.15.4 and plopped it into the Thing Plus footprint and the result has us all abuzz.

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142

MicroPython Programming Tutorial: Getting Started with the ESP32 Thing

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide, we will walk through the process of setting up MicroPython on the ESP32 Thing and writing some example programs.

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397

Graph Sensor Data with Python and Matplotlib

By SparkFun Electronics

Python is a wonderful high-level programming language that lets us quickly capture data, perform calculations, and even make simple drawings, such as graphs.