Hookup

A basic hookup guide for getting started with the SparkFun Wake-on-Shake. The board gives you the ability to put your project into hibernation until bumped or shaken awake using the ADXL362 accelerometer. This means you can design projects meant to stay inert for long periods of time, possibly even several years, depending on the battery type used to power the project.

How to set up an XBee using your computer, the X-CTU software, and an XBee Explorer interface board.

This tutorial shows how to get started with the SparkFun GPS Shield and read and parse NMEA data with a common GPS receiver.

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit for MicroView follows our tried and true inventor's kit model, bringing you 11 simple yet fun experiments to introduce you to the SparkFun MicroView.

How to get started with the SparkFun Big Easy Driver.

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

Get started with your VL6180 based sensor or the VL6180 breakout board.

A basic guide for getting started using the LilyPad Simple Power with LiPo batteries.

Hooking up and using the BLE Mate 2, which uses the BC118 BLE module from BlueCreations.

How to assemble the decade resistance box, then use it as a design and measurement tool.

Here are a few tips in using the PicoBoard with Scratch v1.4. The PicoBoard allows us to write Scratch programs that interact with a variety of sensors on the PicoBoard. These sensors include: sound, light, a slider, a push button, and 4 external sensors (A, B, C, and D).

Getting started guide for the Avago APDS-9960 color, proximity, and gesture sensor.

Need more power? This Benchtop ATX Power Supply Kit should help give you the boost you need to power those energy hungry projects.

Learn how to hook up the Micro OLED breakout to an Arduino. Then draw pixels, shapes, text and bitmaps all over it!

How to hookup the Sunny Buddy: a solar-powered, MPPT (peak-power tracking), LiPo battery charger.

How to use an FTDI SmartBasic Board to program an Arduino and access another serial device over the hardware serial port, without unplugging anything!

How to hook-up, program, and modify your Maker Faire Badge for electronic fun.

A "Coulomb Counter" is like a gas gauge for your battery. Here's how to use it.

This is a quick hookup to help you get started with the MCP4725 DAC breakout board. This device allows you to send analog signal from a digital source, like the I2C interface on the Arduino microcontroller.

A quick tutorial showing how to reprogram the ATtiny85 IC found on the LilyTiny or LilyTwinkle boards.

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 basic hook-up guide for the CP2102 Breakout Board.

How to hook the HMC6343 -- a high-end, tilt-compensated compass module -- up to an Arduino. Never get lost again!