Hookup

This type of tutorial shows people how to get a specific product hooked up and working.

MEMS Microphone Hookup Guide

January 27, 2017
Get started with the SparkFun analog MEMS microphone breakout board with Arduino! Create a volume unit meter with the ADMP401 or ICS-40180 to react to sound before building your sound visualizer!

Haptic Motor Driver Hook-Up Guide

January 19, 2017
Good vibes only. Getting started with the Haptic Motor Driver.

SSOP-16 to DIP Adapter Hookup Guide

January 5, 2017
Using the SSOP-16 to DIP adapter board.

Wireless Joystick Hookup Guide

January 5, 2017
A hookup guide for the SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit.

LIS3DH Hookup Guide

December 29, 2016
A guide to connecting the LIS3DH to a microcontroller and using the Arduino library.

LilyMini ProtoSnap Hookup Guide

December 17, 2016
Explore the LilyPad LilyMini ProtoSnap and learn how to use it.

MicroView Hookup Guide

December 15, 2016
A quick tutorial to get you up and running with your MicroView Development Board.

Mini GPS Shield Hookup Guide

December 15, 2016
A hookup guide for the SparkFun Mini GPS Shield.

HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Hookup Guide

December 6, 2016
Measure relative humidity with SparkFun's HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Breakout.

MAX30105 Particle and Pulse Ox Sensor Hookup Guide

December 1, 2016
The SparkFun MAX30105 Particle Sensor is a flexible and powerful sensor enabling sensing of distance, heart rate, particle detection, even the blinking of an eye. Get ready. Set. Shine!

9DoF Razor IMU M0 Hookup Guide

December 1, 2016
How to use and re-program the 9DoF Razor IMU M0, a combination of ATSAMD21 ARM Cortex-M0 microprocessor and MPU-9250 9DoF-in-a-chip.

Red Box Robot Hookup Guide

November 23, 2016
Turn an iconic SparkFun red box into an obstacle-avoiding robot.

Addressable LED Strip Hookup Guide

November 23, 2016
Add blinking lights to any holiday decoration with our Holiday Lights Kit using WS2812-based addressable LEDs!

Internet of Things Experiment Guide

November 23, 2016
The SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev Board is a powerful development platform that lets you connect your hardware projects to the Internet. In this guide, we show you how to combine some simple components to remotely log temperature data, send yourself texts and control lights from afar.

nRF52832 Breakout Board Hookup Guide

November 17, 2016
How to hookup and program (in Arduino!) the nRF52832 Breakout -- a development board for Nordic's BLE/ANT/2.4GHz system on chip.

Serial Controlled Motor Driver Hookup Guide

November 17, 2016
Hookup guide for the Serial Controlled Motor Driver

LP55231 Breakout Board Hookup Guide

November 3, 2016
Get to know the LP55231 9-channel LED driver., and learn how to configure and program this surprisingly flexible IC.

PiRetrocade Assembly Guide

October 28, 2016
Build your very own retro gaming controller with a Raspberry Pi using the SparkFun PiRetrocade Kit!

ESP32 Thing Hookup Guide

October 27, 2016
An introduction to the ESP32 Thing's hardware features, and a primer on using the WiFi system-on-chip in Arduino.

TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Hookup Guide

October 26, 2016
Bring the ability to detect light levels to any project with the SparkFun TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Breakout.

MAG3110 Magnetometer Hookup Guide

October 24, 2016
Get started with the MAG3110 3-Axis Magnetometer and learn how to make your own digital compass that senses the Earth's magnetic fields.

Getting Started with the Tessel 2

October 12, 2016
Get your Tessel 2 up and running by blinking and LED, the Hello World of embedded electronics.

Real Time Clock Module Hookup Guide

October 6, 2016
A quick introduction to the DS1307 RTC module and a hookup guide for the SparkFun Breakout.

DeadOn RTC Breakout Hookup Guide

October 6, 2016
An introduction to the DS3234 real-time clock (RTC), example wiring diagrams, and an Arduino library!
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