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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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SparkFun NanoBeacon Board - IN100 Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The SparkFun NanoBeacon Board - IN100 and SparkFun NanoBeacon Lite Board - IN100 offer a 2.4 GHz wireless low energy beacon breakout with exceptional low power consumption features and minimal programming required.

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GNSS Correction Data Receiver (NEO-D9S) Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The SparkFun GNSS Correction Data Receiver - NEO-D9S is a satellite data receiver for L-band correction broadcast. It can be configured for use with a variety of correction services including u-blox's PointPerfect satellite GNSS augmentation service.

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AzureWave Thing Plus (AW-CU488) Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

Connect the SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus to the cloud to grab current weather conditions in your area, post sensor data to a server, control the lights in your next home automation project, or even calculate the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of an input audio signal!

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Qwiic Digital Desk Sign with MicroMod

By Sparkfun Electronics

To help notify others of where I may be, I made the Qwiic-enabled digital desk sign using the SAMD51's USB host and a USB keyboard to type short custom messages while I am away!

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Dialog ULP WiFi DA16200 R3 Shield Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

Ultra. Low. Power. Arguably the best three words in the IoT world. SparkFun has teamed up with ARM and Dialog to provide you with the ULP WiFi R3 Shield based around the DA16200 module.

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SparkFun expLoRaBLE Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The SparkFun LoRa Thing Plus – expLoRaBLE is a feather form-factor development board with the NM180100 system in package (SiP).

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Tsunami Super WAV Trigger Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The Tsunami Super WAV Trigger (Qwiic) is a polyphonic WAV file player that was developed in collaboration with Robertsonics (a portion of each sale goes back to them for product support and development).

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Qwiic LED Stick-APA102C Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The SparkFun Qwiic LED Stick - APA102C simplifies adding addressable LED control to any I2C project using the SparkFun Qwiic System.

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2D Barcode Scanner Breakout Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The SparkFun 2D Barcode Scanner Breakout is a nifty little breakout board featuring the DE2120 barcode scanner module from DYScan.

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Spectrum Shield Hookup Guide (v2)

By Sparkfun Electronics

Have you ever wanted to have your project react to music? The Spectrum Shield allows your Arduino board to measure a stereo audio input across 7 frequency bands

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APA102 Addressable LED Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

The APA102C addressable LEDs employ a 2-wire communication protocol consisting of a clock and data line.