Hookup
This type of tutorial shows people how to get a specific product hooked up and working.
MLX90614 IR Thermometer Hookup Guide
October 29, 2015
How to use the MLX90614 or our SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board to take temperatures remotely, over short distances.
MMA8452Q Accelerometer Breakout Hookup Guide
June 11, 2014
How to get started using the MMA8452Q 3-axis accelerometer -- a solid, digital, easy-to-use acceleration sensor.
Monitor Sensor Data from Anywhere
August 10, 2022
Using WiFi to send sensor data from an ESP32 to a WiFi network and be able to read it from an IoT Dashboard from anywhere in the world.
MP3 Player Shield Hookup Guide V15
April 6, 2015
How to get your Arduino groovin' using the MP3 Player Shield.
MP3 Trigger Hookup Guide V24
January 21, 2016
Incorporate sound into your next project easily with the MP3 Trigger.
MPL3115A2 Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
December 5, 2013
Getting started with the MPL3115A2 Pressure Sensor.
MPU-9150 Hookup Guide
August 13, 2015
A basic guide to get started with the MPU-9150 9 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.
MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
July 24, 2014
Breakout of MS5803-14BA Pressure Sensor to measure the absolute pressure of the fluid around them to determine altitude, water depth, or any other tasks that require an accurate pressure reading. This includes air, water, and anything else that acts like a viscous fluid.
Multiplexer Breakout Hookup Guide
August 18, 2016
How to use the 74HC4051 multiplexer breakout to drive eight LEDs, read eight button inputs, or monitor eight potentiometers.
MyoWare Muscle Sensor Kit
March 17, 2016
Line of products to work with the MyoWare muscle sensor from Advancer Technologies.
Noisy Cricket Stereo Amplifier - 1.5W Hookup Guide
April 26, 2018
A hookup guide for the Noisy Cricket Stereo Amplifier - 1.5W.
Non-Addressable RGB LED Strip Hookup Guide
February 19, 2020
Add color to your projects with non-addressable LED strips! These are perfect if you want to control and power the entire strip with one color for your props, car, fish tank, room, wall, or perhaps under cabinet lighting in your home.
nRF24L01+ Transceiver Hookup Guide
July 30, 2015
A basic getting started guided to the SparkFun Transceiver Breakout - nRF24L01+
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.
nRF9160 Thing Plus Hookup Guide
May 6, 2021
Getting started with the nRF9160 from Circuit Dojo and SparkFun!
Nuclear Battery Assembly Guide
June 8, 2018
How to put together your BYOT (Bring Your Own Tritium) Nuclear Battery Kit!
OpenLog Artemis Hookup Guide
August 20, 2020
How to use and re-program the OpenLog Artemis, an open source datalogger. The OLA comes preprogrammed to automatically log data. The OLA can also record serial data, analog voltages, or readings from external Qwiic-enabled I2C devices. Some of these Qwiic-enabled devices include GPS/GNSS modules, pressure, altitude, humidity, temperature, air quality, environment, distance, and weight sensors.
OpenScale Applications and Hookup Guide
July 22, 2016
OpenScale allows you to have a permanent scale for industrial and biological applications. Learn how to use the OpenScale board to read and configure load cells.
Papa Soundie Audio Player Hookup Guide
April 26, 2018
Add sound effects to your project, prop or costume with Papa Soundie Audio Player.
PCA9306 Level Translator Hookup Guide
October 31, 2013
A quick primer to get you going with the PCA9306 Logic Level Converter.
Old Tutorials
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