Internet of Things

In this tutorial, we will show you how to get started on incorporating Bluetooth into your electronics projects. This project uses a SparkFun Thing Plus ESP32 Wroom USB-C to display data from a Triple Axis Accelerometer over Bluetooth.

Connect your Thing Plus Matter board to a Google Nest Hub, as well as the Google Home app, and set up as a light device!

Get started with the SparkFun Thing Plus Matter - MGM240P with this Hookup Guide. This guide covers the hardware on this development board along with a quick intro to using the board with Silicon Labs' Simplicity Studio IDE.

Interested in high precision GNSS without setting up a base station?

Add a global cellular module to your MicroMod project with the SparkFun Cellular Function Board - Blues Wireless Notecarrier. With this Function board you can not only send data to and from your MicroMod project, you can even update the firmware on the STM32 MicroMod Processor.

Get started with the SGP40, BME280, VCNL4040, and microOLED via I2C using the Qwiic system and Python on a Raspberry Pi! Measure VOC Index, light, temperature, humidity, and pressure from the environment. Then display them on the microOLED, serial terminal, or the cloud with Cayenne!

A hookup guide for the SparkFun Satellite Transceiver - Swarm M138 (KIT-21287)

Add GNSS correction data to your high precision GNSS (HPG) receiver with the u-blox NEO-D9S! This tutorial will get you started with the ZED-F9P, NEO-D9S, and the ESP32 IoT RedBoard.

Organize and display your data with SparkFun's Artemis OpenLog and MachineChat's JEDIOne!

The SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus is a Feather form-factor development board equipped with the AW-CU488. We'll highlight key features of the board and show you to get started with the development board. A few Arduino examples will be highlighted to connect to a WiFi router, calculate the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) from an input microphone, output an analog signal to a speaker, and connect an Qwiic-enabled device.

Interested in the DA16200 FreeRTOS SDK? This guide covers setting up the SDK in the Eclipse IDE and how to program our boards with the DA16200 module.

A guide to get started with the DA16200 Thing Plus.

Meet the updated ESP32 Thing Plus (USB-C) development board. We have included some extra bells and whistles that users will appreciate, so check out out hookup guide for all the details!

Delve into the functionality-rich world of the IoT RedBoard ESP32 Development Board!

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.

Simple serial over LoRa!

With the SparkFun MicroMod Single Pair Ethernet Function Board - ADIN1110 you can prototype and create 10BASE-T1L Ethernet connections that work in noisy environments and over exceptionally long distances of over 1 kilometer! Follow this guide to get started with this Function Board.

Add Ethernet and PoE capabilities to your MicroMod project using the Ethernet Function Board - W5500.

Hookup Guide for the Qwiic ToF Imager - VL53L5CX

Learn how to setup, configure and use the latest version of the smallest Raspberry Pi out there, the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.

A guide describing the ARGOS satellite network - as used by our ARTIC R2 satellite communication products

A hookup guide for the ARGOS Satellite Transceiver Shield - ARTIC R2 (SPX-17236)

A hookup guide for the SparkFun IOTA - Satellite Communication Module (ARTIC R2) (SPX-17984)

The MicroMod ESP32 Function Board adds additional wireless options to MicroMod Processor Boards that do not have that capability. This special function board acts as a coprocessor that takes advantage of Espressif's ESP32 WROOM to add WiFi and Bluetooth® to your applications.

Add IoT functionality to any MicroMod project with the MicroMod WiFi function Board - DA16200!

Small in size, small on current draw. It's a smôl world! This guide will get you up and running with the smôl ESP32 Processor Board.

Small in size, small on current draw. It's a smôl world! This guide will get you up and running with the smôl ecosystem.

Add WiFi to your project with this hookup guide for our Dialog's Ultra Low Power DA16200 R3 shield!

A guide to get you started with the SparkFun LTE GNSS Breakout - SARA-R5. This breakout features the SARA-R5 module from u-blox.

Looking to use the more secure ESP32-S2? Follow this hookup guide to get started.

Follow this guide to learn how to use the MicroMod Update Tool to interact directly with the UART on the MicroMod Asset Tracker's SARA-R5. Using this board you can talk directly to the module using u-blox's m-center software as well as update the firmware using EasyFlash.

Get started with the SparkFun MicroMod Asset Tracker Carrier Board following this Hookup Guide. The Asset Tracker uses the u-blox SARA-R510M8S LTE-M / NB-IoT module to provide a host of data communication options.

Get started with the MicroMod nRF52840 Processor following this guide.

Learn how to affix a GNSS antenna, use PPP to get its ECEF coordinates and then broadcast your own RTCM data over the internet and cellular using NTRIP to increase rover reception to 10km!

Need a great project for your Raspberry Pi 4 kit? Use it to create a command center to display the weather, clock, your calendar, or even a news feed!

Guide for hooking up your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B basic, desktop, or hardware starter kit together.

Learn how to use some of the standard features of the SparkFun Cryptographic Co-processor.

Get to know your Edge board, including both the hardware features for you to utilize as well as how to get talking to it.

Get started with our SparkFun Artemis Thing Plus - our popular Thing Plus footprint with the powerful Artemis module for ultimate functionality.

The goal of this project is to have a website hosted on an ESP32 that controls any relay controlled device connected to a local network and keeps a dynamically updated state of those devices.

Get started with the RedBoard Artemis - all the functionality of the SparkFun Artemis module wrapped in the familiar Uno R3 footprint

Get started with the powerful RedBoard Artemis Nano

Get started with the RedBoard Artemis ATP - all the functionality of the SparkFun Artemis module wrapped in the Mega Arduino Footprint

Get started with SparkFun's XBee3 Thing Plus - both the u.FL as well as the PCB antenna versions.

Get our powerful Artemis based boards (Artemis Nano, BlackBoard Artemis, and BlackBoard Artemis ATP) blinking in less than 5 minutes using the SparkFun Artemis Arduino Core!

Let's chat about layout and design considerations when using the Artemis module.

An introduction to Home Assistant, an open source home automation hub.

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.

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

Learn how to turn our 64x64 RGB LED Matrix Panel into a display for your current Spotify album art using an ESP32.

Quick tips regarding how to connect, protect, and disconnect U.FL connectors.

How to assemble the WiFi IR Blaster and program it using Arduino. You'll be controlling IR devices from the web in no time!

Take your nRF52840 development to the next level -- build your applications with the nRF5 C SDK. This tutorial explains how to set up a development environment based around the GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain.

A hardware overview and hookup guide for the SparkFun Pro nRF52840 Mini -- a breakout for Nordic's impossibly cool Bluetooth/ARM Cortex M4 SoC.

The SparkFun LTE CAT M1/NB-IoT Shield equips your Arduino or Arduino-compatible microcontroller with access to data networks across the globe. This shield adds wireless, high-bandwidth cellular functionality to your IoT project!

How to setup and use the LoRa Gateway 1-Channel in Arduino.

An introduction to MQTT, one of the main communication protocols used with the Internet of Things (IoT).

Using the super blazing, nay blinding, fast SAMD21 whipping clock cycles at 48MHz and the RFM96 module to connect to the Things Network (and other Radio woodles).

MicroPython is an implementation and subset of the Python 3 programming language that can be used on microcontrollers. This guide will walk you through writing MicroPython programs for the ESP32 Thing development board.

Using the ESP32 LoRa 1-CH Gateway as a gateway and device, and pushing data to The Things Network.

Use RealVNC to connect to your Raspberry Pi to control the graphical desktop remotely across the network.

Learn how to make a LoRaWAN node for your next long range IoT project and connect it to the internet with The Things Network!

The HX1 is a low-power amateur radio transmitter that can be used to send data to the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) network.

Using the ESP32 to make a web-configured timed relay.

This tutorial will show you how to make a scale that logs your weight to a custom website on the Internet. The principles can be extrapolated to any type of data.

This tutorial will show you how to make a robot that streams a webcam to a custom website that can be remotely controlled.

Configure a Raspberry Pi without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor.

This guide will show you how to configure a Raspberry Pi as an access point and connect it to your local Ethernet network to share Internet to other WiFi devices.

In this tutorial, we'll find out how to use Resolume Arena, a popular video jockey software, to control custom-made ArtNet DMX fixtures.

Cypress's PSoC 6 Pioneer Board is a development tool for the powerful PSoC 6 processor. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the PSoC 6 Pioneer Board along with the SparkFun/Digi-Key Pioneer IoT Add-on Shield to send data to a Raspberry Pi via BLE or WiFi.

This post will walk you through setting up your TJBot and getting started with the first three recipe examples provided by IBM.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use the Flask framework for Python to send data from ESP8266 WiFi nodes to a Raspberry Pi over an internal WiFi network.

This tutorial will show you how to assemble, program, and access the Raspberry Pi Zero as a headless wireless pan-tilt camera.

Learn how to setup, configure and use the smallest Raspberry Pi yet, the Raspberry Pi Zero - Wireless.

SparkFun's ESP32 Environment Sensor Shield provides sensors and hookups for monitoring environmental conditions. This tutorial will show you how to connect your sensor suite to the Internet and post weather data online.

A basic guide to getting started with the RFID Tag Reader breakout and how to read and write multiple RFID tags over multiple feet!

This project covers how to log data to Google Sheets two ways: using IFTTT with a web connection or a USB pen drive and "sneakernet" without.

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.

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

Build an air-conditioner monitoring device to collect environment information and store it in the cloud.

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.

Build a robot with the Tessel 2 that you can control from a browser on your phone or laptop.

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

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.

An overview of the different protocols that can be used for the development of Internet of Things (IoT)-based projects.

Use the Tessel 2 and the Johnny Five Inventors kit to explore the world of JavaScript enabled hardware through 14 awesome experiments!

Build a portable gas monitor to check for dangerous levels of hazardous gases.

Learn how to build a remote water level sensor for a water storage tank and how to automate a pump based off the readings!

Turn the Intel® Edison into an access point that serves a simple browser-based game. High scores from the game are displayed on a character LCD.

Guide for getting going with the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ starter kit.

How to configure the Blynk Board and app to notify you when your washer or dryer is done shaking.

How to provision a Blynk Board - get it connected to Wi-Fi and Blynk, so you can start Blynking!

A Blynk project that demonstrates how to use the Bridge widget to get two (or more) Blynk Boards to communicate.

A series of Blynk projects you can set up on the Blynk Board without ever re-programming it.

How to get your computer set up with Arduino and the Blynk Board hardware definitions -- so you can start creating Blynk projects of your own!

Learn how Nick Poole built a WiFi controlled fire-cannon using the ESP8266 Thing Dev Board!

Learn how to build your own Internet-connect, solar-powered temperature collection station using the Photon from Particle.

Make an RGB colored cloud light! You can also control it from your phone, or hook up to the weather!

Build a smart mirror that displays weather data using the Intel® Edison.

Learn how to harness the power of the Intel® Edison using JavaScript to post data to the cloud, control electronics from smartphones, and host web pages that interact with circuits.

An overview of SparkFun's ESP8266 Thing Development Board - a development board for the Internet of Things.

A quick overview of the features of the ADC Block.

Dive into the world of the Internet of Things with the SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Photon.

Your guide to commissioning, tinkering, and programming the SparkFun Photon RedBoard.

A guide to the online and offline Particle IDE's to help aid you in your Photon development.

A quick overview of the features of the 9 Degrees of Freedom Block.

A quick overview of the features of the Dual H-bridge Block.

Interface your Arduino with an ESP8266 to give it inexpensive access to your WiFi network and the Internet!

The Photon Battery Shield has everything your Photon needs to run off, charge, and monitor a LiPo battery. Read through this hookup guide to get started using it.

Learn how to use the SparkFun Photon IMU Shield for your Photon device which houses an on-board LSM9DS1 system-in-a-chip that houses a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis magnetometer.

The Photon OLED Shield has everything you need to add a small yet crisp OLED screen to your Photon projects. This hookup guide will show you how to get started.

An electric imp HUG! Provides an overview of the imp card and breakout. Both hardware and firmware subjects are covered.

A quick overview of the features of the PWM Block.

An overview of SparkFun's ESP8266 Thing - a development board for the Internet of...Things. This tutorial explains the circuitry driving the board, and how to get it up and running in an Arduino environment.

A quick overview of the features of the Arduino Block.

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

A quick overview of the features of the Base Block.

A quick overview of the features of the I2C Breakout Block.

A quick overview of the features of the microSD Block.

A quick overview of the features of the UART Block.

A quick overview of the features of the GPIO Block.

A general guide for using SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison in your next project!

How to load a Debian distribution (specifically Ubilinux) onto the Edison.

A quick overview of the features of the Battery Block.

A quick overview of the features of the Console Block.

An introduction to the Intel® Edison. Then a quick walk through on interacting with the console, connecting to WiFi, and doing...stuff.

Use an Electric Imp and accelerometer to create an "Are You OK" widget. A cozy piece of technology your friend or loved one can nudge to let you know they're OK from half-a-world away.

How to communicate between an Electric Imp and Arduino using serial.

Learn how to move a slider on a webpage and make a motor spin. We connect HTML and HID to read sensors and interface with the physical world.

Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.

How to use a Raspberry Pi to monitor Twitter for hashtags and blink an LED.