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micro:bot Kit Experiment Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

Combining the micro:bit with the SparkFun moto:bit - micro:bit Carrier Board (Qwiic) creates a flexible, low-cost robotics platform for anyone from students getting started with the micro:bit to the engineer looking to quickly prototype or build a proof of concept.

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Machine Learning @ Home Kit Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

Machine learning has taken the technology world by storm. From smart email categorization to make it easier to sift through your inbox, to ML applications that decipher your handwriting and allow you to deposit checks on your mobile phone, to medical diagnosis like detecting cancer.

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How to Control Servo Motors with a Raspberry Pi

By Maker.io Staff

There are several methods one can use to control servo motors with a Raspberry Pi, and this article introduces two of them and explains how servo motors work.

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Basic Servo Control for Beginners

By SparkFun Electronics

We will cover some basics of controlling servos with code using the Arduino IDE and Python, and provide an example that requires no programming at all.

TUTORIAL

How to Use Servo Motors with the Arduino UNO

By Maker.io Staff

Driving a servo motor with a microcontroller and using the Arduino IDE to program the movement direction for a rotating shaft for use in creating a moving project.

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Wireless RC Robot with Arduino and XBees

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we will expand on the SIK for RedBot to control a robot wirelessly with XBee radios!

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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.

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Clap On Lamp

By SparkFun Electronics

Perhaps you remember an “As Seen on TV” product known as “The Clapper” in the 1980s and 1990s. We’re going to make our own version of this, but instead of controlling any appliance, we will operate a lamp chain using a servo.

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Pi Servo Hat Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The SparkFun Pi Servo Hat allows your Raspberry Pi to control up to 16 servo motors via I2C connection. This saves GPIO and lets you use the onboard GPIO for other purposes.