Electrical Engineering

Learn the basics of using a multimeter to measure continuity, voltage, resistance and current.

A general guide for using SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison in your next project!

Examine the inner workings of the SparkPunk Sequencer, then explore some modifications and alternate applications.

How to assemble and use the SparkPunk Sequencer kit.

A crash course in bi-polar junction transistors. Learn how transistors work and in which circuits we use them.

How to take a solar powered pathway light from a hardware store and make it into a crude soil moisture sensor.

How to assemble and modify the SparkPunk Sound Generator kit.

Learn how to assemble and use the TL431 in the Uh-Oh Battery Level Indicator Kit.

Introducing fundamental digital logic concepts and LogicBlocks

Experiments guide for the LogicBlocks kit. Build oscillators, latches, multiplexers and more with the LogicBlocks.

Learn how to create your own Fritzing part so you can make amazing looking wiring diagrams, learn about schematics and PCB design, and get your design fabbed into a real PCB with Fritzing's PCB manufacturing service.

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

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

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.

A primer on digital logic concepts in hardware and software.

Learn the differences between AC and DC, the history, different ways to generate AC and DC, and examples of applications.

An introduction to shift registers and potential uses.

An introduction into series and parallel circuits.

Learn the basics about LEDs as well as some more advanced topics to help you calculate requirements for projects containing many LEDs.

This tutorial covers the concept of analog and digital signals, as they relate to electronics.

An introduction to integrated circuits (ICs). Electronics' ubiquitous black chips. Includes a focus on the variety of IC packages.

An overview of component circuit symbols, and tips and tricks for better schematic reading. Click here, and become schematic-literate today!

This tutorial will explain how to use and convert between the standard metric prefixes.

An overview of electric power, the rate of energy transfer. We'll talk definition of power, watts, equations, and power ratings. 1.21 gigawatts of tutorial fun!