Tutorials
Cherry MX Switch Breakout Hookup Guide
How to assemble and use the Cherry MX Switch Breakout, allowing you to turn a matrix of mechanical switches into a full-size keyboard!
Shapeoko Assembly Guide
A guide for attaching the Stepoko Add-on kit to a Shapeoko Mechanical kit.
SIK Keyboard Instrument
We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.
Paper Circuit Pin
This quick craft project shows you how to create a circuit using copper tape instead of wire to light up an LED and make a wearable piece of e-craft art.
Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit Hookup Guide
Guide for getting going with the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ starter kit.
OpenLog Hookup Guide
An introduction to working with the OpenLog data logger.
Blynk Board Washer/Dryer Alarm
How to configure the Blynk Board and app to notify you when your washer or dryer is done shaking.
Boss Alarm
Build a Boss Alarm that alerts you of anyone walking into your office and automatically changes your computer screen.
Blynk Board Bridge Widget Demo
A Blynk project that demonstrates how to use the Bridge widget to get two (or more) Blynk Boards to communicate.
Blynk Board Project Guide
A series of Blynk projects you can set up on the Blynk Board without ever re-programming it.
Blynk Board Arduino Development Guide
How to get your computer set up with Arduino and the Blynk Board hardware definitions -- so you can start creating Blynk projects of your own!
Getting Started with the SparkFun Blynk Board
How to provision a Blynk Board - get it connected to Wi-Fi and Blynk, so you can start Blynking!
MyoWare Muscle Sensor Kit
Line of products to work with the MyoWare muscle sensor from Advancer Technologies.
ESP8266 Powered Propane Poofer
Learn how Nick Poole built a WiFi controlled fire-cannon using the ESP8266 Thing Dev Board!
SparkFun LED Array (8x7) Hookup Guide
Getting started with the Charlieplexed 8x7 LED array.
Bus Pirate v3.6a Hookup Guide
A quick overview of the Bus Pirate v3.6a
Photon Remote Temperature Sensor
Learn how to build your own Internet-connect, solar-powered temperature collection station using the Photon from Particle.
MicroSD Breakout With Level Shifter Hookup Guide
How to use the level translating µSD device.
LED Cloud-Connected Cloud
Make an RGB colored cloud light! You can also control it from your phone, or hook up to the weather!
PicoBuck Hookup Guide v12
The PicoBuck board is a high-efficiency three-channel constant-current LED driver.
SparkFun USB to Serial UART Boards Hookup Guide
How to use the SparkFun FTDI based boards to program an Arduino and access another serial device over the hardware serial port, without unplugging anything!
BadgerHack: Synth Add-On Kit
Make a tiny synth with BadgerStick.
BadgerHack: Gaming Add-On Kit
Make a Breakout clone with the BadgerHack Gaming Add-On Kit.
BadgerHack: Sensor Add-On Kit
Turn your Badger or Redstick into a temperature and soil moisture sensing display with the BadgerHack Sensor Add-On Kit
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.