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Calibrating Your Odometry Sensor

December 2, 2024

In this tutorial, we will cover how to calibrate your Qwiic Optical Tracking Odometry Sensor (or "OTOS") with Arduino and Python Examples.

Moving Beyond the Ordinary With the Qwiic Alphanumeric Display

November 7, 2024

More than just numbers, more than just letters, with a little creative coding you can do teach your alphanumeric display lots of new tricks.

IMU Data to Motion: Tutorial for Translating Sensor Data into Real-World Movement

November 3, 2024

Sometimes we want to do more with our data than just watch the values roll by on a screen. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at one way we can translate that data to movement.

How to Play Mulitple Buzzers at Once

October 18, 2024

This tutorial demonstrates the SparkFun Qwiic Buzzer's ability to control multiple buzzers simultaneously by playing a 3-part arrangement of a segment of the Super Mario Bros Theme!

Detecting Colors with the SparkFun Tristimulus Color Sensor

August 22, 2024

Detect and classify colors based on their CIE XYZ color space values.

How To Take Multiple RFID Readings Simultaneously

August 22, 2024

Let's take an in-depth look at how to take multiple RFID readings at once with a SparkFun Simultaneous RFID Reader.

GeoFence Treasure Hunt With Artemis Global Tracker

July 31, 2024

Follow along with an engineering student as he creates a distance-based game using the Artemis Global Tracker!

Display Distance Measurements On an OLED

July 2, 2024

This tutorial will take your SparkFun Qwiic Ultrasonic Distance Sensor to the next level by adding a cool little OLED display.

Fading with the MOSFET Power Switch and Buck Regulator

July 1, 2024

In this tutorial, we will slowly turn on the load and then slowly turn it off using the N-channel MOSFET.

SparkFun Arduino UNO R4 WiFi Qwiic Kit Hookup Guide

July 11, 2023

The SparkFun Arduino UNO R4 WiFi Qwiic Kit is a great way to get started with Arduino and the Qwiic-connect system - use this guide to get started!

MicroMod STM32WB5MMG Hookup Guide

June 29, 2023

Add a powerful combination of computing power and wireless communication to your next MicroMod project with the SparkFun MicroMod STM32WB5MMG Processor.

SparkFun RTK Reference Station Hookup Guide

May 23, 2023

Setup the RTK Reference Station in minutes and start sending RTCM NTRIP corrections to your favourite caster.

Sending Sensor Data via Bluetooth

April 14, 2023

In this tutorial, we will show you how to get started on incorporating Bluetooth into your electronics projects. This project uses a SparkFun Thing Plus ESP32 Wroom USB-C to display data from a Triple Axis Accelerometer over Bluetooth.

Connecting Thing Plus Matter to Google Nest Hub

March 30, 2023

Connect your Thing Plus Matter board to a Google Nest Hub, as well as the Google Home app, and set up as a light device!

Displaying Sensor Data with Bluetooth

March 28, 2023

In our previous Bluetooth tutorial called Sending Sensor Data Via Bluetooth, we showed how to display data from a triple axis accelerometer over the Arduino IDE’s serial monitor. Continuing off of the first tutorial, we are going to expand this project to include more capabilities for visualizing and interacting with your accelerometer data.

SparkFun Thing Plus - NINA-B306 Hookup Guide

March 23, 2023

A quick guide to get started using the SparkFun Thing Plus - NINA-B306. This Thing Plus is loaded with the Arm Cortex-M4 processor in the NINA-B306 along with on-board motion and environmental sensors in the ISM330DHCX 6DoF and BME280 pressure and temperature sensor.

Single Cell LiPo Battery Care

March 16, 2023

This tutorial will go over how to safely charge, connect, disconnect, reinforcing the cables, and handle single cell LiPo batteries.

Qwiic Dynamic NFC/RFID Tag Hookup Guide

March 9, 2023

Add a configurable NFC/RFID tag to your Qwiic ecosystem by following this guide.

SparkFun Thing Plus Matter - MGM240P Hookup Guide

March 2, 2023

Get started with the SparkFun Thing Plus Matter - MGM240P with this Hookup Guide. This guide covers the hardware on this development board along with a quick intro to using the board with Silicon Labs' Simplicity Studio IDE.

LiPo Fuel Gauge (MAX1704X) Hookup Guide

February 23, 2023

Monitor your LiPo battery with the LiPo fuel gauge! In this tutorial, we will be using the MAX17043 and MAX17048 to monitor a single cell, LiPo battery over the Arduino Serial Monitor. We will also connect a display to view the output without the need to connect the microcontroller to a computer.

SparkFun NanoBeacon Board - IN100 Hookup Guide

February 16, 2023

A quick guide to show how to configure and use your own 2.4Ghz wireless beacon with the SparkFun NanoBeacon Board - IN100.

Analog MEMS Microphone (VM2020) Hookup Guide

February 9, 2023

Get started with the SparkFun analog MEMS microphone breakout board! In this tutorial, we will be connecting the differential MEMS microphone to an Arduino using the WM8960 audio codec.

Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 Hookup Guide

January 26, 2023

The SparkFun Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 is a low power, high quality stereo codec chock full of features. In this tutorial, some of these features by using an Arduino microcontroller to configure the audio codec and pass audio to the headphone or speaker channels.

Getting Started with u-blox Thingstream and PointPerfect

January 23, 2023

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