Tutorials
LED PomPom Headbands
Follow this tutorial to make your own light up PomPom headband! Try the beginner version if you are new to electronics or the advanced version if you have some more experience!
ESP32 Thing Power Control Shield Hookup Guide
This tutorial shows you how to get started with the ESP32 Thing Power Control Shield.
Marquee Party Bag
This tutorial provides everything you need to know to make your own Marquee Party Bag!
ZX Distance and Gesture Sensor SMD Hookup Guide
How to connect and use the SparkFun ZX Distance and Gesture Sensor with an Arduino.
Spectacle User's Guide
The Spectacle system is designed to help those without electronics or programming experience integrate electronics into projects.
Spectacle Example: Super Mario Bros. Diorama
A study in building an animated diorama (with sound!) using Spectacle electronics.
Spectacle Button Board Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Button Board in one place.
Spectacle Light Board Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Light Board in one place.
Spectacle Light Kit Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Light Kit in one place.
Spectacle Motion Kit Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Motion Kit in one place.
Spectacle Light and Sound Kit Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Light and Sound Kit in one place.
Spectacle Audio Board Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Audio Board in one place.
Spectacle Inertia Board Hookup Guide
Everything you need to know about using the Spectacle Inertia Board in one place.
Spectacle Sound Kit Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Sound Kit in one place.
Spectacle Motion Board Hookup Guide
All the information you need to use the Spectacle Motion Kit in one place.
OpenPIR Hookup Guide
How to use and customize the SparkFun OpenPIR motion sensor.
CCS811 Air Quality Breakout Hookup Guide
This tutorial shows you how to get data from a CCS811 breakout board with the I2C interface.
Introduction to Operational Amplifiers with LTSpice
Picking up where we left off in "Getting Started with LTSpice," we delve a little deeper into LTSpice through an introduction of Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps).
Ardumoto Kit Hookup Guide
Learn how to assemble and drive DC motors using the v2.0 Ardumoto Shield.
THAT InGenius and OutSmarts Breakout Hookup Guide
Learn about the benefits of balanced signal transmission, and how to apply the THAT InGenius and OutSmarts breakouts.
Building a Safe Cracking Robot
How to crack an unknown safe in under an hour.
TeensyView Hookup Guide
A guide to using the TeensyView OLED board to display text and graphics.
Roshamglo Hookup Guide
This tutorial provides everything you need to know to get started with the Roshamglo badge.
Roshamglo Project: TV-B-Gone
Turn your Roshamglo board into a (nearly) universal TV power button.
Old Tutorials
Looking for the old, archived tutorials? Head on over to the
archived tutorials on the main
SparkFun site.
Please be aware that the tutorials you find there are no longer
actively maintained.