Programming

This tutorial goes over the how to assemble the Chibitronics' Chibi Chip programmable microcontroller with the Chibi Clip to add more functionality to your paper circuits! Start programming your Chibi Chip by writing code (block-based and text-based) in a browser-based code editor and then transmit code through sound to your board!

This tutorial will show you how to use a headless Raspberry Pi to flash hex files onto AVR microcontrollers as a stand-alone programmer. It also tells the story about production programming challenges, how SparkFun came to this solution, and all the lessons learned along the way.

How to hook up the LilyPad Temperature Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.

Learn how to program in Arduino with the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus. This guide includes 10 example activities that use the pre-wired LilyPad boards on the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus.

Learn how to program in Arduino with the LilyPad Development Board. This guide includes 11 example activities that use the pre-wired LilyPad boards on the LilyPad Development Board.

We make a simple side-scrolling endless runner game using parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0.

We use parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0 to create a light-seeking robot that mimics the behavior of single-celled organisms.

Modify a simple desk lamp to respond to a double clap (or other sharp noise) using parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0.

The LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus is a sewable electronics prototyping board that you can use to learn circuits and programming with Arduino, then break apart to make an interactive fabric or wearable project.

Getting started with the Pyboard using MicroPython.

Learn how to customize and program your Roshamglo badge.

With this, you will be able to upload Arduino sketches directly to the ATtiny84 over USB without needing to use a programming device (such as another Arduino or FTDI chip).

Learn techniques on how to use Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters and other data-processing tools to turn data into information.

Build your very own retro gaming controller using the SparkFun PiRetrocade Kit.

Get started with the ADXL345 Accelerometer.

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

A brief history of how ASCII came to be, how it's useful to computers, and some helpful tables to convert numbers to characters.

Looking under the hood of the Servo Trigger -- using the development environment and some finer details of the firmware.

Get started using the IOIO-OTG with your Android device or PC.

We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.

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

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!

Turn your Badger or Redstick into a temperature and soil moisture sensing display with the BadgerHack Sensor Add-On Kit

Make a Breakout clone with the BadgerHack Gaming Add-On Kit.