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    SparkFun is an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make your electronics projects possible. No matter what your vision is, our products and resources are designed to make the world of electronics more accessible to the average person. In addition to products, SparkFun, through our

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LED Gumball Machine

By SparkFun Electronics

Do you need an LED? The answer is always yes. But what if you need one right now? Build yourself an LED gumball machine and never run out again!

PROJECT
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Wireless Gesture Controlled Robot

By SparkFun Electronics

Control the RedBot wirelessly based on the movement of your hand using an accelerometer and XBees!

PROJECT
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Keyboard Shortcut, Qwiic Keypad

By SparkFun Electronics

In this guide, we will cover how to utilize the RedBoard Turbo to emulate an HID keyboard that responds to inputs from the Qwiic Keypad to create your own custom shortcut keypad.

PROJECT
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ESP32 Relay Web Server

By SparkFun Electronics

The goal of this project is to have a website hosted on an ESP32 that controls any relay-controlled device connected to a local network and keeps a dynamically updated state of those devices.

PROJECT
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Raspberry Pi Safe Reboot and Shutdown Button

By SparkFun Electronics

Pulling the plug on your Raspberry Pi before it safely shuts down... is a bad idea! This can result in a corrupt microSD card and file system. Normally, we can use the menu bar from the GUI or type a command in the terminal window to safely shutdown the Pi.

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Build Your Own High-Concentration CO2 Detector

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial covers how to get CO2 and other environmental readings from the STC31 using both Arduino and MicroPython when connecting the CO2 Sensor Breakout to a compatible development board over Qwiic.

Blogs

Behold the Yack-O-Lantern!
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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 See All

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SAMD51 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

This tutorial aims to familiarize you with the new SAMD51 Thing Plus and help you get started using it.

Image of What's the Difference Between the ZED-F9P and the ZED-X20P
TUTORIAL
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What's the Difference Between the ZED-F9P and the ZED-X20P?

By SparkFun Electronics

Here, we outline the key differences between our ZED-F9P and ZED-X20P breakout boards so you know exactly how to upgrade your projects to the newest technology.

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TPL5110 Nano Power Timer Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we'll discuss how the time is set with the on board six DIP switch and use a microcontroller to turn it off when a task is finished.

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TUTORIAL
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SparkFun 9DoF IMU (ICM-20948) Breakout Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

In this hookup guide, we'll connect our sensor up to our Esp32 Thing Plus microcontroller and run a of quick (Qwiic) example to get you up and running with this fantastic board!

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Pi Servo pHAT (v2) Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Pi Servo pHAT provides your Raspberry Pi with 16 PWM channels that can be controlled over I2C. These channels are broken out in a header combination that is perfect for connecting servo motors.

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LilyPad RGB LED Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The LilyPad RGB LED is a specialty board that can produce a variety of colors. On the board is an RGB (red-green-blue) LED, made of three tiny LEDs connected together.