Tutorials

OBD II UART Hookup Guide

March 4, 2014
How to start working with the OBD-II Uart board.

Large Solderable Breadboard Hookup Guide

February 27, 2014
This breadboard has a couple of tricks up it's sleeve!

Sound Detector Hookup Guide

February 27, 2014
The Sound Detector is a microphone with a binary output. This guide explains how it works and how you can use it in your projects.

LSM9DS0 Hookup Guide

February 27, 2014
How to assemble, connect to, and use the LSM9DS0 -- an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer all-in-one.

Hackers in Residence - Hacking MindWave Mobile

February 26, 2014
Review, teardown, and hacking tutorial for the MindWave Mobile, a $99 commercial grade EEG sensor.

How to Use an Oscilloscope

February 25, 2014
How to work the dials and buttons on an oscilloscope, and a glossary of the o-scope lexicon.

Wireless Arduino Programming with Electric Imp

February 24, 2014
Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.

Vernier Shield Hookup Guide

February 14, 2014
A guide to using the Vernier Shield

USB Type A Female Breakout Hookup Guide

February 13, 2014
An above-and-beyond example using the USB Type A Female Breakout board.

Simon Splosion Wireless

February 13, 2014
This is a tutorial demonstrating one of many techniques to "hack" the Simon Says. We will highlight the technique to take your Simon Says Wireless.

WiFly Shield Hookup Guide

February 4, 2014
How to get the WiFly Shield up and running.

Understanding the BC127 Bluetooth Module

January 31, 2014
SparkFun has two boards using the BC127; here's what you need to know to use them.

Das Blinken Top Hat

January 22, 2014
A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.

Dot/Bar Display Driver Hookup Guide

January 16, 2014
How to hook up the LM3914 or LM3916 to drive a 10-LED display with a lone analog signal.

Reaction Timer

January 16, 2014
Demonstrate mental chronometry with this simple reaction timer!

Nest Protect Teardown

January 15, 2014
See the inner-workings of the new Nest Protect in this SparkFun Teardown.

Recreating Classic Electronics Kits

January 13, 2014
100-in-1? 500-in-1? It's up to you when you build your own Science Fair style experiment board!

pcDuino Crowdsource Kiosk

January 9, 2014
Getting People to do your job for you (badly) with some chocolate and a pcDuino!

Vernier Photogate

January 7, 2014
Vernier Photogate Timer -- using the Serial Enabled LCD Kit.

RedBoard Hookup Guide

January 7, 2014
How to get your RedBoard up-and-blinking!

Setting up Raspbian (and DOOM!)

December 19, 2013
How to load a Raspberry Pi up with Raspbian -- the most popular Pi Linux distribution. Then download, compile, install and run the classic: Doom.

Copernicus II Hookup Guide

December 18, 2013
A guide for how to get started with the Copernicus II GPS module.

Quick Illuminated Boxes

December 16, 2013
A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.

RGB Panel Hookup Guide

December 12, 2013
Make bright, colorful displays using the 32x16, 32x32, and 32x64 RGB LED matrix panels. This hookup guide shows how to hook up these panels and control them with an Arduino.