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Creating an Electronics Starter Kit

By jamesmod

Interested in getting started in electronics, but overwhelmed by the number of parts available? I have compiled a list of everything you need.

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Adafruit Optical Fingerprint Sensor

By Adafruit Industries

All-in-one fingerprint sensors make ID easy.

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CircuitPython OLED and Dual Knob Sketcher

By Adafruit Industries

In this guide we will create a simple knob sketcher toy using a graphical display and two potentiometers.

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356

How to Make a Raspberry Pi Voice-Activated Door Lock

By Maker.io Staff

Combining a simple external circuit with the Raspberry Pi to create a simple door-locking mechanism that takes advantage of the speech recognition library.

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CircuitPython Hardware Charlieplex LED Matrix

By Adafruit Industries

How to use Charlieplex LED matrices with CircuitPython!

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Porting an Arduino Library to CircuitPython - VL6180X Distance Sensor

By Adafruit Industries

This tutorial will explore how to port an Arduino driver for the VL6180X distance sensor to CircuitPython.

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How to Interface a Seven-Segment Display with an Arduino

By All About Circuits

An expensive liquid crystal display is not necessary for displaying data in most applications instead a seven-segment display is simply sufficient.

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Building a DC Motor Controller for Object Detection

By All About Circuits

In this project, you will be building an object detection DC motor controller.

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352

Using an Arduino’s Digital I/O

By All About Circuits

You can connect Arduino sensors, actuators, and other ICs with the digital inputs and outputs (digital I/O) on the Arduino for useful things, such as reading switch inputs, lighting indicators, and controlling relay outputs.

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How to Make a Simple Digital Voltmeter with an Arduino

By All About Circuits

It's easy to make a digital voltmeter with an Arduino and a 16x2 liquid crystal display (LCD). This project will also help you measure voltages above the reference voltage using a voltage divider.

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CircuitPython Hardware ILI9341 TFT & FeatherWing

By Adafruit Industries

This module allows you to do basic drawing like putting pixels and filling rectangles on TFT displays like the TFT FeatherWing.

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CircuitPython Hardware SD Cards

By Adafruit Industries

Learn how to use a microSD card to store code & data with CircuitPython and MicroPython!