Enclosure
Electrical enclosure are great for protecting your project or securing the bundle of wires in a box. Depending on the application, the material can range from cardboard, plastic, acrylic, wood, or metal for traditional enclosures. Check out the following tutorials to cut, 3D print, or mount your prototyped circuit.
Building an Autonomous Vehicle: The Batmobile
Documenting a six-month project to race autonomous Power Wheels at the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) in 2016.
PiRetrocade Assembly Guide
Build your very own retro gaming controller with a Raspberry Pi using the SparkFun PiRetrocade Kit!
Vox Imperium: Stormtrooper Voice Changer
Add some flair to your Imperial uniform by changing your voice using a Teensy 3.2 and Prop Shield.
Sunrise Machine with the Tessel 2
Are you to sleepy to enjoy a sunrise on a brisk morning? Yeah...us too! No worries, with a Webcam, a Tessel 2 and a bit of code you can sleep in and catch the sunrise at your leisure with the Sunrise Machine.
IoT Industrial Scale
What does a baby elephant weigh? How much impact force does a jump have? Answer these questions and more by building your very own IoT industrial scale using the SparkFun OpenScale.
Proto Pedal Example: Programmable Digital Pedal
Building a pedal around the Teensy 3.2 and Teensy Audio shield. Changing the effect in the pedal is as easy as uploading a new sketch!
Proto Pedal Example: Analog Equalizer Project
Building a gyrator-based analog equalizer using the Proto Pedal.
Proto Pedal Chassis Hookup Guide
Prepare the Proto Pedal Chassis by drilling holes for controls and painting it.
Proto Pedal Assembly and Theory Guide
Getting started with the SparkFun Proto Pedal. We'll assemble the board, then discuss some of the details of the circuit.
Hazardous Gas Monitor
Build a portable gas monitor to check for dangerous levels of hazardous gases.
Photon Remote Water Level Sensor
Learn how to build a remote water level sensor for a water storage tank and how to automate a pump based off the readings!
How to Build a Remote Kill Switch
Learn how to build a wireless controller to kill power when things go... sentient.
GPS Differential Vector Pointer
Use GPS to have two objects, a base and a target, point towards one another. This can be used to aim a directional antenna (or in the case of this project, a laser) from one object to the other object at a distance that is only limited by your ability to provide the base station with the target's GPS location.
Shapeoko Assembly Guide
A guide for attaching the Stepoko Add-on kit to a Shapeoko Mechanical kit.
SIK Keyboard Instrument
We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.
Boss Alarm
Build a Boss Alarm that alerts you of anyone walking into your office and automatically changes your computer screen.
Photon Remote Temperature Sensor
Learn how to build your own Internet-connect, solar-powered temperature collection station using the Photon from Particle.
Interactive Smart Mirror
Build a smart mirror that displays weather data using the Intel® Edison.
Sound Reactive EL Wire Costume
Learn how to make your EL wire costumes sound reactive in this project tutorial.
EL Wire Light-Up Dog Harness
Learn how to create a light-up dog harness using EL wire for when you need to take your four-legged friend for a walk in the dark.
Making Music with the FreeSoC2
Create a synth keyboard with the FreeSoC2 from SparkFun.
Adding a Timed Button to a Project
This tutorial will walk you through making a timed power controller for interactive projects. You will learn how to add an on button that will provide power to your project for an amount of time and then turn off again.
FLIR Lepton Hookup Guide
See the invisible world of infrared radiation using the FLIR Dev Kit and Raspberry Pi.
LilyTiny Plush Monster
Craft a stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Plush Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed.
Old Tutorials
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archived tutorials on the main
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Please be aware that the tutorials you find there are no longer
actively maintained.