Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide

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Contributors: jimblom, bboyho

Resources and Going Further

Looking for other great essentials for your parts box or tools? Check out some of these other great kits and books!

SparkFun Capacitor Kit

KIT-13698
$11.50

SparkFun Discrete Semiconductor Kit

KIT-13682
Retired

Power Resistor Kit - 10W (25 pack)

KIT-13053
$9.50

Timer, OpAmp & Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects

BOK-11131
Retired

SparkFun Beginner Tool Kit

TOL-14681
Retired

Need some inspiration to start prototyping? Try looking at the following tutorials for ideas!

Preassembled 40-pin Pi Wedge Hookup Guide

Using the Preassembled Pi Wedge to prototype with the Raspberry Pi B+.

SparkFun Qwiic Shield for Arduino Nano Hookup Guide

Hookup Guide for the SparkFun Qwiic Shield for Arduino Nano.

SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver Hookup Guide

The SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver boards utilize Toshiba's TC78H670FTG stepper motor driver. The ProDriver features latch pin terminals, which are easier to connect than the "Easy" Drivers. Meanwhile, the Mini Stepper Motor Driver come in smaller PCB footprint, that is pin compatible with breadboards. To get started, follow this hookup guide and you will be spinning stepper motors, in no time.

LED Light Bar Hookup

A quick overview of SparkFun's LED light bars, and some examples to show how to hook them up.

Boss Alarm

Build a Boss Alarm that alerts you of anyone walking into your office and automatically changes your computer screen.

SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.0

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.0a.

Or check out some of these blog posts for ideas:


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