Audio

SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.1

August 8, 2019
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, v4.1.2 and v4.1.

How to Add Audio to Your Embedded Project Using SparkFun's Qwiic Twist and Audio Player Breakout

May 8, 2025
Looking to bring sound into your next embedded project? In this tutorial, we'll walk you through using the SparkFun Audio Player Breakout in combination with the Qwiic Twist to let you select and play tracks from a microSD card.

SparkPunk Hookup Guide

June 12, 2014
How to assemble and modify the SparkPunk Sound Generator kit.

MIDI Tutorial

October 8, 2015
Understanding the Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

Tinker Kit Circuit Guide

September 16, 2021
This guide takes you through the basics of building 11 different circuits with the SparkFun Tinker Kit and how to program them using the Arduino IDE.

How to Play Multiple Buzzers at Once

October 18, 2024
This tutorial demonstrates the SparkFun Qwiic Buzzer's ability to control multiple buzzers simultaneously by playing a 3-part arrangement of a segment of the Super Mario Bros Theme!

TeensyView Hookup Guide

March 16, 2017
A guide to using the TeensyView OLED board to display text and graphics.

AzureWave Thing Plus (AW-CU488) Hookup Guide

September 22, 2022
The SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus is a Feather form-factor development board equipped with the AW-CU488. We'll highlight key features of the board and show you to get started with the development board. A few Arduino examples will be highlighted to connect to a WiFi router, calculate the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) from an input microphone, output an analog signal to a speaker, and connect an Qwiic-enabled device.

Tsunami Hookup Guide

February 16, 2017
Hit the ground running with Tsunami, the Super Wav Trigger.

Tsunami Super WAV Trigger Hookup Guide

August 25, 2021
This guide will get users started with the Qwiic Tsunami. We'll start by putting *.wav files and a configuration file on a microSD card, pop it into the Qwiic Tsunami, then trigger sounds across multiple outputs.

WAV Trigger Hookup Guide V11

May 30, 2014
An introduction to being able to trigger music and sound effects based on buttons, sensors, or switches using the WAV Trigger board.

SparkFun gator:microphone Hookup Guide

June 13, 2019
The gator:microphone is an I2C sensor for detecting sound with an electret microphone. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:microphone with the micro:bit platform.

The 970-HA-JOKES Payphone Project

July 11, 2022
A payphone turned into a bit of fun.

micro:bit Educator Lab Pack Experiment Guide

May 8, 2018
A quickstart guide for the micro:bit educator lab pack.

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for micro:bit Experiment Guide

July 21, 2017
This guide contains all the information you will need to explore the twelve circuits of the SparkFun Inventors Kit for micro:bit.

SparkFun gator:bit v2 Hookup Guide

January 31, 2019
The gator:bit v2 is a breakout board for the BBC micro:bit. The gator:bit exposes almost every pin on the micro:bit to clippable pad with circuit protection. It also has as built-in addressable LEDs and a built-in buzzer.

Spectrum Shield Hookup Guide (v2)

May 4, 2020
Want your project to react to music? Then the SparkFun Spectrum Shield is the product for you! Get going in no time with this Hookup Guide.

Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 Hookup Guide

January 26, 2023
The SparkFun Audio Codec Breakout - WM8960 is a low power, high quality stereo codec chock full of features. In this tutorial, some of these features by using an Arduino microcontroller to configure the audio codec and pass audio to the headphone or speaker channels.

Qwiic Speaker Amp (TPA2016D2) Hookup Guide

September 29, 2022
The SparkFun Qwiic Speaker Amp includes the Texas Instruments TPA2016D2 stereo, filter-free class-D audio power amplifier. This tutorial will help you get started and configure the amplifer settings using an Arduino microcontroller.

Wireless Audio Bluetooth Adapter w/ BC127

December 14, 2017
Build a custom wireless audio Bluetooth adapter using BlueCreation's BC127 and add it to your old speaker system!

MP3 Trigger Hookup Guide V24

January 21, 2016
Incorporate sound into your next project easily with the MP3 Trigger.

Analog MEMS Microphone (VM2020) Hookup Guide

February 9, 2023
Get started with the SparkFun analog MEMS microphone breakout board! In this tutorial, we will be connecting the differential MEMS microphone to an Arduino using the WM8960 audio codec.

Getting Started with the LilyPad MP3 Player

May 8, 2013
The LilyPad MP3 Player is an amazing little board that contains almost everything you need to play audio files. You can use it to create all kinds of noisy projects, from MP3 hoodies to talking teddy bears. Your imagination is the only limit! This tutorial will help you get started.