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Programming with Simon

February 6, 2014

This material shows a way to re-use our popular Simon game to teach programming after you have used it to teach soldering.

Video Games and Controllers with Analog Pong and Processing - Gaming

February 6, 2014

Learn how to create a video game and controller while learning basic programming, math, Cartesian graphing methods, Serial communication and sensor input.

Alan Smith's Curriculum

February 6, 2014

An introduction to Arduino, microcontrollers and electrical circuits by Alan Smith.

Processing Cheatsheet

July 8, 2014

We have compiled a quick reference list of all of the common commands we use for teaching Processing. This was created in Microsoft PowerPoint. The raw, ed

Scratch with Data Logging

February 6, 2014

Workshop presentation and sample Scratch files from Jeff Branson’s workshop on Scratch Programming in a Science Classroom

RedBot & RedBoard with miniBloq

March 11, 2014

A step by step tutorial on how to use the drag and drop environment, miniBloq, to program SparkFun's RedBot and RedBoard.

HotSheets: Processing

April 18, 2014

Are you looking for a gradual and project based way to learn Processing. Check out this set of HotSheets that take you from 0 understanding to awesome!

Getting Started with Scratch 1.4

April 26, 2014

This guide is a great place to start with Scratch.

ECE at Cornell University

February 6, 2014

Bruce Land from Cornell University shows how to work with microcontrollers.

Introductory Arduino Materials from Portland State University

February 6, 2014

A wide range of labs covering beginner and intermediate Arduino programming, DC and analog circuits, and two larger scale projects.

ProtoSnap

February 6, 2014

Teach digital and analog input and output using the RGB LEDs, buttons and buzzers with the ProtoSnap board.

LilyPad With Programming

February 6, 2014

Get started prototyping without a breadboard using the ProtoSnap LilyPad Development Board to control buzzers, vibration motors, RGB LEDs and more.

LilyPad In-Depth

February 6, 2014

Learn how to create circuits that use a LilyPad microcontroller and what you need to program your microcontroller to react to input and provide output.

SoftSerial: Implementing Multiple Serial Ports On An Arduino

February 6, 2014

Learn how to use pins other than TX and RX to communicate between microcontrollers using the SoftSerial library.

Design West - Presentation & Example Code

February 6, 2014

Presentation and example code from the Design West 2013 workshops. These materials are intended to work with SparkFun's ProtoSnap.

Atmega In-Depth

February 6, 2014

This material was created for a class on building and programming with the AT328 chip, without using the actual Arduino board.

Driving to Scratchville

February 6, 2014

Introduction to programming and sensor input isng scratch and the Pico Board.