Tutorials
FemtoBuck Constant Current LED Driver Hookup Guide
October 16, 2014
The FemtoBuck board is a high-efficiency, single-channel constant-current LED driver.
FTDI SmartBasic Hookup Guide
October 3, 2014
How to use an FTDI SmartBasic Board to program an Arduino and access another serial device over the hardware serial port, without unplugging anything!
Hackers in Residence - Sound and Motion Reactivity for Wearables
October 3, 2014
How to consciously wear light-up and and sound reactive clothing.
Twinkling Trick or Treat Bag
October 2, 2014
Make a light up goodie bag with conductive thread, LEDs, and the LilyTwinkle!
e-Textile Mask
September 19, 2014
Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party.
Galileo Experiment Guide
September 19, 2014
Learn how to work with the Galileo with this Awesome experiment guide! Follow 16 experiments to become a Galileo all-star.
LTC4150 Coulomb Counter Hookup Guide
September 18, 2014
A "Coulomb Counter" is like a gas gauge for your battery. Here's how to use it.
Hacking Your Maker Faire Badge
September 18, 2014
How to hook-up, program, and modify your Maker Faire Badge for electronic fun.
Re-Programming the LilyTiny / LilyTwinkle
September 11, 2014
A quick tutorial showing how to reprogram the ATtiny85 IC found on the LilyTiny or LilyTwinkle boards.
MCP4725 Digital to Analog Converter Hookup Guide
September 11, 2014
This is a quick hookup to help you get started with the MCP4725 DAC breakout board. This device allows you to send analog signal from a digital source, like the I2C interface on the Arduino microcontroller.
Using AT&T's M2X With the CC3000
September 2, 2014
A set of tutorials and examples to show how to connect an Arduino and CC3000 to AT&T's M2X data streams. We show how to post, fetch, and delete data. The final lesson is controlling an LED from an M2X stream.
RedBot Assembly Guide Rev 02
September 2, 2014
Assembly Guide for the RedBot Kit. This tutorial includes extra parts to follow to go along with the RedBot Inventor's Kit tutorial.
Installing a Bootloader on the MicroView
August 22, 2014
Fix your bootloader-less MicroView! This tutorial covers how to: disassemble the MicroView, wire it up to an assortment of programmers, program the bootloader, and test it out.
DigitalSandbox PicoBoard
August 15, 2014
This tutorial walks through how to upload code to your Digital Sandbox to emulate the functionality of the PicoBoard with Scratch.
SparkPunk Sequencer Theory and Applications Guide
August 14, 2014
Examine the inner workings of the SparkPunk Sequencer, then explore some modifications and alternate applications.
SparkPunk Sequencer Hookup Guide
August 14, 2014
How to assemble and use the SparkPunk Sequencer kit.
CP2102 USB to Serial Converter Hook-Up Guide
August 12, 2014
A basic hook-up guide for the CP2102 Breakout Board.
Hackers in Residence - Cosmic Ray Detector
August 11, 2014
Learn how to detect cosmic rays with this simple and cheap detector, built by Hacker in Residence Pete Marchetto.
HMC6343 3-axis Compass Hookup Guide
August 7, 2014
How to hook the HMC6343 -- a high-end, tilt-compensated compass module -- up to an Arduino. Never get lost again!
RGB Panel Jumbotron
August 5, 2014
This tutorial will show you how to combine a webcam, a 32x32 RGB LED panel, and a Teensy 3.1 to stream video from the webcam, pixelate it, and display it on the LED panel - LIVE.
Digital Sandbox Arduino Companion
July 31, 2014
Let's take the same examples from the ArduBlock-based Digital Sandbox guide, and implement them using Arduino code.
Digital Sandbox Experiment Guide
July 31, 2014
Your guide to the Digital Sandbox! 16+ experiments that, using a graphical programming language, teach you to blink LEDs, monitor microphones, read temperature, and much more.
Alternative Arduino Interfaces
July 29, 2014
We admit the Arduino IDE isn't for everyone. Here are some other options for programming your Arduino boards, including web interfaces and graphical programming languages.
MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
July 24, 2014
Breakout of MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor
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