Programming

An overview of the updates made in the redesign of the LilyPad Development Board to the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus and how to adapt code written for the old board to the new one.

How to setup extra SPI, UART, and I2C serial ports on a SAMD-based boards.

Get started with the ADXL345 Accelerometer.

We admit the Arduino IDE isn't for everyone. Here are some other options for programming your Arduino boards, including web interfaces and graphical programming languages.

How to program SAMD21 or SAMD51 boards (or other ARM processors).

With the latest Artemis DK, board, we now offer full Bluetooth support within the Arduino IDE and development with Mbed™ OS. While we have worked tirelessly to get the Artemis module supported in the next Mbed™ OS release, the next release isn't slated until after the Artemis DK becomes available to the public. Therefore, this post will provide users with a jump start for developing with Mbed™ Studio, prior to the next release (in a beta of sorts), by utilizing our fork of Mbed™ OS.

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!

This is an in-depth guide on developing in the Arduino IDE for the Artemis module and any Artemis microcontroller development board. Inside, users will find setup instructions and simple examples from blinking an LED and taking ADC measurements; to more complex features like BLE and I2C.

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

This tutorial shows users how to solder their SparkFun interactive badges as well as put them to use in other projects.

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

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

Make a tiny synth with BadgerStick.

Binary is the numeral system of electronics and programming...so it must be important to learn. But, what is binary? How does it translate to other numeral systems like decimal?

Learn how to assemble and play the Binary Blaster Game from SparkFun Electronics.

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!

Make your own cackling apple head witch to scare all of the trick or treaters this Halloween!

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.

A simple guide for configuring the PATH variable on Win 10, Mac OSX, and Linux systems.

Send serial data from Arduino to Processing and back - even at the same time!

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

Learn about the common data types and what they signify in the Arduino programming environment.

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

A primer on digital logic concepts in hardware and software.