Resources
Surface Mount Device Stenciling
Presentation used to teach Surface Mount Device Stenciling here at SparkFun Electronics.
Squishy Circuits
This tutorial shows you how to make conductive and insulating dough with every day household ingredients and how to use it to explore how electricity work.
Processing the Danger Shield
This material teaches the creation and manipulation of basic shapes using Processing and SparkFun's Danger Shield.
Alan Smith's Curriculum
An introduction to Arduino, microcontrollers and electrical circuits by Alan Smith.
Resistance Board
A project using e-textiles to show the concept of resistance in an intuitive manner.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum
Curriculum for electrical and computer engineering.
Getting Hands-On with Soft Circuits Guide from High-Low Tech Lab
Guide and projects for getting started in the world of sewable electronics by the High-Low Tech Lab at M.I.T.
Driving to Scratchville
Introduction to programming and sensor input isng scratch and the Pico Board.
SparkFun Inventor’s Kit Curriculum
The SIK binder is an entire curriculum for embedded electronics, centered around the SparkFun Inventor's Kit.
Giant Components
Instructions on how to create giant functioning electronics components. For use with the Giant Breadboard.
Design West - Presentation & Example Code
Presentation and example code from the Design West 2013 workshops. These materials are intended to work with SparkFun's ProtoSnap.
ProtoSnap
Teach digital and analog input and output using the RGB LEDs, buttons and buzzers with the ProtoSnap board.
Atmega In-Depth
This material was created for a class on building and programming with the AT328 chip, without using the actual Arduino board.
Video Games and Controllers with Analog Pong and Processing - Gaming
Learn how to create a video game and controller while learning basic programming, math, Cartesian graphing methods, Serial communication and sensor input.
LilyPad With No Programming
Introductory handout covering sewing with conductive thread and how to avoid short circuits in e-textiles with LilyPad components.
Programming with Simon
This material shows a way to re-use our popular Simon game to teach programming after you have used it to teach soldering.
Simon Modifications
Presentation on how to take a Simon Says kit and modify it using an FTDI to change how the buzzer, LEDs, buttons and analog sensors function.
Microcontrollers for Educators
General Resources for educators: worksheets, activities, project rubrics and more.
Giant Breadboard
Instructions on how to create a giant bread board with functioning components for use as a teaching tool.
Introductory Arduino Materials from Portland State University
A wide range of labs covering beginner and intermediate Arduino programming, DC and analog circuits, and two larger scale projects.
Arduino, Processing and Max
Workshop materials for using Arduino, Processing and the Danger Shield to communicate with Max Patch.
ECE at Cornell University
Bruce Land from Cornell University shows how to work with microcontrollers.
SMD Soldering
Presentation about surface mount device (SMD) soldering.
Modkit and Arduino (Drag and drop programming)
Course for Elementary students using LilyPad and Modkit.