Hookup

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

SparkFun gator:soil Hookup Guide

June 13, 2019
The gator:soil is analog soil moisture sensor. This tutorial will get you started using the gator:soil with the micro:bit platform.

TPL5110 Nano Power Timer Hookup Guide

June 6, 2019
The TPL5110 Nano Power Timer is ideal for applications that require low power, and especially those projects that are running off of a LiPo battery. The Nano Power Timer will turn on your project after the set amount of time, continuously.

LiPo Charger Plus Hookup Guide

May 30, 2019
This tutorial shows you how to hook up and use the SparkFun LiPo Charger Plus board.

Capacitive Touch Slider (CAP1203) Hookup Guide

May 30, 2019
An easy and Qwiic way to add capacitive touch to any of your projects using the CAP1203! In this guide, we go over how to connect and set up your Capacitive Touch Slider so you can start playing with it right away.

Basic Character LCD Hookup Guide

May 28, 2019
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are a great way to output a string of words or sensor data to a display for visual feedback. In this tutorial, we'll learn about LCDs, how to print a string of words to a 16x2 basic character LCD and create custom characters.

SAMD51 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

May 24, 2019
This tutorial covers the basic functionality of the SAMD51 Thing Plus and highlights the features of the new ARM Cortex-M4F development board.

Qwiic pHAT for Raspberry Pi Hookup Guide

May 23, 2019
Get started interfacing your Qwiic enabled boards with your Raspberry Pi. The Qwiic pHAT connects the I2C bus (GND, 3.3V, SDA, and SCL) on your Raspberry Pi to an array of Qwiic connectors.

Qwiic 12-Bit ADC Hookup Guide

May 23, 2019
Need to add more analog inputs for your project? Check out the Qwiic 12-bit ADC.

Buck-Boost Hookup Guide

May 10, 2019
This tutorial shows you how to hook up and use the SparkFun Buck-Boost board.

Qwiic Keypad Hookup Guide

April 25, 2019
If you are tired of taking up GPIO pins, wiring a bunch of pull up resistors, and using firmware that scans the keys taking up valuable processing time... check out the new Qwiic Keypad.

Keyboard Shortcut, Qwiic Keypad

April 25, 2019
A simple project using the Qwiic Keypad and the RedBoard Turbo to create your own custom hotkey-pad.

Qwiic Scale Hookup Guide

April 11, 2019
Create your own digital scale quickly and easily using the Qwiic Scale!

TFT LCD Breakout 1.8in 128x160 Hookup Guide

April 11, 2019
This TFT LCD Breakout is a versatile, colorful, and easy way to experiment with graphics or create a user interface for your project.

SparkFun GPS Breakout (ZOE-M8Q and SAM-M8Q) Hookup Guide

April 4, 2019
The SparkFun ZOE-M8Q and SAM-M8Q are two similarly powerful GPS units but with different project applications. We'll compare both chips before getting each up and running.

GNSS Chip Antenna Hookup Guide

April 4, 2019
You've always wanted to experiment with those tiny GPS antennas. Now you can!

Using SparkFun Edge Board with Ambiq Apollo3 SDK

March 28, 2019
We will demonstrate how to get started with your SparkFun Edge Board by setting up the toolchain on your computer, examining an example program, and using the serial uploader tool to flash the chip.

SparkFun ESP32 DMX to LED Shield

March 28, 2019
Learn how to utilize your DMX to LED Shield in a variety of different ways.

SparkFun Qwiic RFID-IDXXLA Hookup Guide

March 14, 2019
The Qwiic RFID ID-XXLA is an I2C solution that pairs with the ID-LA modules: ID-3LA, the ID-12LA, or the ID-20LA, and utilizes 125kHz RFID chips. Let's take a look at the hardware used for this tutorial.

RHT03 (DHT22) Humidity and Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide

March 12, 2019
Measure relative humidity and temperature or your environment with the RHT03 (a.k.a DHT22) low cost sensor on a single wire digital interface connected to an Arduino!

Transparent Graphical OLED Breakout Hookup Guide

March 7, 2019
The future is here! Our Qwiic Transparent Graphical OLED Breakout allows you to display custom images on a transparent screen using either I2C or SPI connections.

ESP32 Thing Plus Hookup Guide

March 7, 2019
Hookup guide for the ESP32 Thing Plus (Micro-B) using the ESP32 WROOM's WiFi/Bluetooth system-on-chip in Arduino.

Qwiic Proximity Sensor (VCNL4040) Hookup Guide

February 28, 2019
The SparkFun Qwiic Proximity Sensor is a great, qualitative proximity (up to 20 cm) and light sensor. This hookup guide covers a few examples to retrieve basic sensor readings.

Qwiic Joystick Hookup Guide

February 21, 2019
Looking for an easy way to implement a joystick to your next Arduino or Raspberry Pi project? This hookup guide will walk you through using the Qwiic Joystick with the Arduino IDE on a RedBoard Qwiic and in Python on a Raspberry Pi.

Qwiic Transparent OLED HUD Hookup Guide

February 21, 2019
Learn how to connect that sweet transparent OLED.
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