The SparkFun Tinker Kit is your starter tool kit for beginning with embedded electronics, robotics and citizen science using the SparkFun RedBoard Qwiic without breaking the bank. This guide contains all the information you will need to explore the 11 circuits of the Tinker Kit.

For this project I’m going to be using one of our newer, smaller magnetometer boards to control a pair of servos, and then toss out some ideas to upgrade to a much bigger, cooler project.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.