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367

Solderless Robot Toy Xylophone

By Adafruit Industries

Robot instrument builds are always fun, but the wiring can be cumbersome. However, this robot friend, built around a toy piano xylophone, requires zero soldering.

PROJECT
53

Building the Pixel Ball Frame and LED Arches

By Zach Hipps

Part 2 of Pixel Ball: See how I turned conduit, PEX tubing, and arcade buttons into a massive, glowing game frame.

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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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61

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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754

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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63

MicroMod GNSS Carrier Board (ZED-F9P) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun MicroMod GNSS Carrier Board (ZED-F9P) combines high-precision GPS and the flexibility of MicroMod onto one board. Utilizing u-blox's ZED-F9P module, MicroMod GNSS Carrier Board is capable of 10mm 3-dimensional accuracy.

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86

Air Velocity Sensor Breakout - FS3000 Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

What about figuring out how fast your RC airplane is going? Well, the SparkFun Air Velocity Sensor Breakout - FS3000-1005 and FS3000-1015 can help you with all that and more! It's super easy, super Qwiic to hookup, and super fun to play with. Let's have a look!

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46

SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout-BMA400 (Qwiic) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - BMA400 (Qwiic) (Standard and Micro) offer a 3-axis acceleration sensor perfect for ultra-low power applications on a easy to use Qwiic breakout boards.

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38

Illuminated Butterfly Wall Art

By Adafruit Industries

Make animated wall art, powered by pebble-style LEDs, and controlled by a Mini Sparkle Motion.

PROJECT
71

Smart Plant Care! Build a Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor System

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial will show you how to take soil moisture readings and then display those readings on an OLED as a happy, meh, or sad face, depending on how wet or dry the soil is.

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.

PROJECT
115

Moving Beyond the Ordinary with the Qwiic Alphanumeric Display

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, We’ll show you how fast and simple it is to start displaying information on the SparkFun Alphanumeric Display, starting with the most basic, then looking at some more advanced examples.