Tutorials
GPS Logger Shield Hookup Guide
How to assemble and hookup the SparkFun GPS Logger Shield. Never lose track of your Arduino again!
Interactive Smart Mirror
Build a smart mirror that displays weather data using the Intel® Edison.
Using an LCD on the Edison
How to connect an LCD controlled by an ILI9341 driver to the Intel® Edison.
RedStick Hookup Guide
Learn about the SparkFun RedStick, a USB thumb drive-sized Arduino-compatible development platform.
Electronic E-craft Terrarium
A guest tutorial on an Electronic Terrarium from the Performative Sculpture class of Parsons DT.
MP3 Trigger Hookup Guide V24
Incorporate sound into your next project easily with the MP3 Trigger.
Button Pad Hookup Guide
An introduction to matrix scanning, using the SparkFun 4x4 Button Pad.
Sound Reactive EL Wire Costume
Learn how to make your EL wire costumes sound reactive in this project tutorial.
SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Edison Experiment Guide
Learn how to harness the power of the Intel® Edison using JavaScript to post data to the cloud, control electronics from smartphones, and host web pages that interact with circuits.
FemtoBuck Constant Current LED Driver Hookup Guide v13
The FemtoBuck board is a high-efficiency, single-channel constant-current LED driver.
EL Sequencer/Escudo Dos Hookup Guide
A basic guide to getting started with the SparkFun EL Sequencer and Escudo Dos to control electroluminescence (EL) wire, panels, and strips.
Shapeoko Coaster Project
A step-by-step guide to cutting and engraving a coaster with the Shapeoko.
Stepoko: Powered by grbl Hookup Guide
Hardware guide for the Stepoko
LilyPad Buzzer Hookup Guide
How to hook up the LilyPad Buzzer and make sound with code.
LilyPad Light Sensor Hookup Guide
How to hook up the LilyPad Light Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.
Discrete Semiconductor Kit Identification Guide
Get to know the contents of the SparkFun Discrete Semiconductor Kit.
SAMD21 Mini/Dev Breakout Hookup Guide
An introduction to the Atmel ATSAMD21G18 microprocessor and our Mini and Pro R3 breakout boards. Level up your Arduino-skills with the powerful ARM Cortex M0+ processor.
LilyPad Reed Switch Hookup Guide
A guide to using the LilyPad Reed Switch breakout in your projects.
MAX31855K Thermocouple Breakout Hookup Guide
Learn how to take readings with a k-type thermocouple using the MAX31855K cold-junction-compensated k-type thermocouple-to-digital converter.
ESP8266 Thing Development Board Hookup Guide
An overview of SparkFun's ESP8266 Thing Development Board - a development board for the Internet of Things.
EL Wire Light-Up Dog Harness
Learn how to create a light-up dog harness using EL wire for when you need to take your four-legged friend for a walk in the dark.
Raspberry Pi SPI and I2C Tutorial
Learn how to use serial I2C and SPI buses on your Raspberry Pi using the wiringPi I/O library for C/C++ and spidev/smbus for Python.
Raspberry gPIo
How to use either Python or C++ to drive the I/O lines on a Raspberry Pi.
MLX90614 IR Thermometer Hookup Guide
How to use the MLX90614 or our SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board to take temperatures remotely, over short distances.
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.