Computer Engineering

Want to take a stab at advancing your programming skills? Check out the Thing Plus - RP2040, with the first microcontroller from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This guide will get you started working with the RP2040 and programming in MicroPython and C/C++.

This guide covers the general design of the board, the installation of the recommended software used to program the Artemis DK, and some basic examples. For more advanced functionalities, we have separate software development guides for the AmbiqSDK, Arm® Mbed™ OS, and the Arduino IDE platforms that users can reference.

The FreeSoC2 is an Arduino-compatible PSoC5LP-based development board, produced by SparkFun in collaboration with Jon Moeller (developer of the original FreeSoC) and Cypress Semiconductor.

A brief history of how ASCII came to be, how it's useful to computers, and some helpful tables to convert numbers to characters.

Get started using the IOIO-OTG with your Android device or PC.

Learn about the SparkFun RedStick, a USB thumb drive-sized Arduino-compatible development platform.

A quick overview of the features of the ADC Block.

A quick overview of the features of the 9 Degrees of Freedom Block.

A quick overview of the features of the Dual H-bridge Block.

A quick overview of the features of the PWM Block.

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 overview of the features of the Arduino Block.

A quick overview of the features of the OLED Block for the Edison.

A quick overview of the features of the Base Block.

A quick overview of the features of the microSD Block.

A quick overview of the features of the UART Block.

A quick overview of the features of the I2C Breakout Block.

A quick overview of the features of the GPIO Block.

Intel's Edison module goes beyond being just another Arduino clone. Check this tutorial for advice on how to get the most out of your Edison by writing code in C++!

A quick overview of the features of the Battery Block.

A quick overview of the features of the Console Block.

This tutorial walks through how to upload code to your Digital Sandbox to emulate the functionality of the PicoBoard with Scratch.

Your guide to the Digital Sandbox! 16+ experiments that, using a graphical programming language, teach you to blink LEDs, monitor microphones, read temperature, and much more.

Let's take the same examples from the ArduBlock-based Digital Sandbox guide, and implement them using Arduino code.

How to interpret hex numbers, and how to convert them to/from decimal and binary.

Learn about the common data types and what they signify in the Arduino programming environment.

A primer on digital logic concepts in hardware and software.

Binary is the numeral system of electronics and programming...so it must be important to learn. But, what is binary? How does it translate to other numeral systems like decimal?