Tutorials
Hackers in Residence - Hacking MindWave Mobile
Review, teardown, and hacking tutorial for the MindWave Mobile, a $99 commercial grade EEG sensor.
How to Use an Oscilloscope
How to work the dials and buttons on an oscilloscope, and a glossary of the o-scope lexicon.
Wireless Arduino Programming with Electric Imp
Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.
Vernier Shield Hookup Guide
A guide to using the Vernier Shield
Simon Splosion Wireless
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.
USB Type A Female Breakout Hookup Guide
An above-and-beyond example using the USB Type A Female Breakout board.
WiFly Shield Hookup Guide
How to get the WiFly Shield up and running.
Understanding the BC127 Bluetooth Module
SparkFun has two boards using the BC127; here's what you need to know to use them.
Das Blinken Top Hat
A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.
Reaction Timer
Demonstrate mental chronometry with this simple reaction timer!
Dot/Bar Display Driver Hookup Guide
How to hook up the LM3914 or LM3916 to drive a 10-LED display with a lone analog signal.
Nest Protect Teardown
See the inner-workings of the new Nest Protect in this SparkFun Teardown.
Recreating Classic Electronics Kits
100-in-1? 500-in-1? It's up to you when you build your own Science Fair style experiment board!
pcDuino Crowdsource Kiosk
Getting People to do your job for you (badly) with some chocolate and a pcDuino!
Vernier Photogate
Vernier Photogate Timer -- using the Serial Enabled LCD Kit.
RedBoard Hookup Guide
How to get your RedBoard up-and-blinking!
Setting up Raspbian (and DOOM!)
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
A guide for how to get started with the Copernicus II GPS module.
Quick Illuminated Boxes
A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.
Motors and Selecting the Right One
Learn all about different kinds of motors and how they operate.
RGB Panel Hookup Guide
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.
Constant Innovation in Quality Control
In this article, we share our recent advancements in quality control. Along with making our tests more thorough, we have also made them more efficient and robust.
MPL3115A2 Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
Getting started with the MPL3115A2 Pressure Sensor.
Installing an Arduino Bootloader
This tutorial will teach you what a bootloader is and why you would need to install or reinstall it. We will also go over the process of burning a bootloader by flashing a hex file to an Arduino microcontroller.
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.