Tutorials

Getting started with the Teensy 3.1 / Teensy 3.2 and XBee. Establishing a serial link.

Basic intro to the Teensy line of products, with soldering and programming suggestions.

A tutorial defining what a load cell is and how to use one.

Have an awesome electronic widget that you want to get to market? We can help resell, or maybe even manufacture it! Find out how.

How to upload images to an SD card for Raspberry Pi, PCDuino, or your favorite SBC.

Assembly Guide for the RedBot Kit. This tutorial includes extra parts to follow to go along with the RedBot Inventor's Kit tutorial.

This Experiment Guide offers nine experiments to get you started with the SparkFun RedBot. This guide is designed for those who are familiar with our SparkFun Inventor's Kit and want to take their robotics knowledge to the next level.

A quick tutorial to get you started in the world of light up origami flowers.

Let's take a look at different materials we can use to combine paper crafting and electronics.

How to use the Lilypad MP3 Player and some Bare Conductive Paint to make a fandom silhouette sound trigger page.

An overview of SparkFun's ESP8266 Thing - a development board for the Internet of...Things. This tutorial explains the circuitry driving the board, and how to get it up and running in an Arduino environment.

Tutorial showing how to solder castellated holes (or castellations). This might come in handy if you need to solder a module or PCB to another PCB. These castellations are becoming popular with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth modules.

An addition to a previous project, this time using a PC and a custom Java app to create your own music visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

Get started using the SparkFun Easy Driver for those project that need a little motion.

Learn the basics of how to get started with the SparkFun RFID Starter Kit.

Learn how to make a musical painting using the Bare Conductive Touch Board and Conductive Paint.

How to use the Rotary Switch Potentiometer breakout board, with some sample applications.

Combine a silk flower with a built-in RGB LED and some LilyPad Switches to create a customizable accessory.

How to get your Arduino groovin' using the MP3 Player Shield.

How to use the SparkFun Servo Trigger to control a vast array of Servo Motors, without any programming!

See the invisible world of infrared radiation using the FLIR Dev Kit and Raspberry Pi.

Adding external storage in the form of an SD or microSD card can be a great addition to any project. Learn how in this hookup guide for the microSD shield and SD breakout boards.

A fun project that uses a Raspberry Pi and a custom Java app to create your own sound visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

A basic hookup guide for getting started with the SparkFun Wake-on-Shake. The board gives you the ability to put your project into hibernation until bumped or shaken awake using the ADXL362 accelerometer. This means you can design projects meant to stay inert for long periods of time, possibly even several years, depending on the battery type used to power the project.