How to add simple animations with LEDs to your projects using Arduino!

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Deck out your Sphero RVR robot with a Raspberry Pi Zero W, remote pan-tilt camera, and some Qwiic components!

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Last week, we showed a classroom of fifty-five developers how easy it is to work with the SparkFun Edge Development Board using the Arduino IDE. Now we want to show you, too!

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A Group of Gators is a "Congregation"

The SparkFun gator:bit v2 and sensors are now available as a congregation!

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What do you do after the SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino? Here are a few more tutorials to help take your projects to the next level!

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Ramp up your GPS tracking skills with KML files and Google Earth.

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What do you do after the SparkFun Inventor's Kit? The world of electronics using Arduino is vast – here are a few tutorials to help take your projects to the next level!

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Are you new to the Teensy product line? Make sure to check out our Getting Started with Teensy tutorial before adding this powerful microcontroller to your project!

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After a short time in retirement, the SparkX A111 Breakout Board is coming back to life as part of the Get Sparked program!

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USB-to-serial UART bridges like the CH340 make it easier to upload code to an Arduino and pass serial data to/from your computer. Make sure to install the respective drivers before getting started.

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Learn what a logic level is, and how to interface between different technologies, with a few of our tutorials!

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Revisiting the use of virtual network computing for headless (or just more convenient) interaction with your RPi setup.

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How do you work with wire? Level up your technical skills by checking out this tutorial.

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A brief overview of bootloaders, and a few tutorials we have for installing bootloaders to boards.

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We have ported another "still relevant" tutorial from our archives, and added additional content to make it even more helpful on your next project!

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Let's review an overly simple example of our new product process, and the unavoidable truth of fun over efficiency in my life...

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Control a robot wirelessly with your hand using XBees, Arduino and an accelerometer.

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Looking to get your feet wet with GPS? We've got just the tutorial for you! Accurately display your coordinates on a small OLED with the press of a button using hardware from our Qwiic Connect System (I2C).

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