Boost Battery Life with the New Qwiic Power Switch
This week, we have a new graduate from SparkX who is in the form of the SparkFun Qwiic Power Switch!
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! We hope all of you had a happy and safe Halloween last night! Today, we are going to take a look at two of our newest products, and they are both Qwiic capable! First, we look at the SparkFun Qwiic Power Switch, a recent addition from SparkX that will help with your Qwiic project's power management needs as well as featuring I2C Bus Isolation and GPIO Control. Following that, we have a new flexible Qwiic cable fearuting a 4-pin, female jumper connection! Alright, let's jump in and take a closer look at this week's products!
The SparkFun Qwiic Power Switch (QPS) gives you the power to manage your Qwiic devices more efficiently. Many Qwiic boards, especially high-power ones like our high-accuracy GNSS boards, draw significant current even in standby mode. With the QPS, you can selectively turn off these devices to conserve energy and extend your battery life.
However, the QPS offers even more functionality; it includes I2C bus isolation, allowing you to mix 100kHz and 400kHz I2C devices on the same bus without conflict. Isolate slower devices to avoid slowing down communication with faster ones.
This is a Qwiic jumper adapter cable that comes pre-terminated with a female Qwiic JST connector on one end and female connectors on the other. This cable makes it easy to connect components with a Qwiic connector to the male pins on various development platforms. This cable is also a great way to attach a logic analyzer to your I2C system.
That's it for this week. As always, we can't wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or let us know on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Please be safe out there, be kind to one another! We'll be back with more new products next week so make sure to check back then. Happy hacking!
