Projects

Follow this tutorial to make your own light up PomPom headband! Try the beginner version if you are new to electronics or the advanced version if you have some more experience!

A study in building an animated diorama (with sound!) using Spectacle electronics.

Turn your Roshamglo board into a (nearly) universal TV power button.

Learn how to customize and program your Roshamglo badge.

Monitor and interact with pets through this dog bark detector project based on the Raspberry Pi!

Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party.

Craft a light-up plush with LilyPad LEDs controlled by pressing a button and sliding a switch in the creature's hands.

Use the pre-programmed LilyMini ProtoSnap to make an interactive pennant that reacts to ambient light levels.

Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art using a LilyPad LED, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery.

Documenting a six-month project to race autonomous Power Wheels at the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) in 2016.

Add some flair to your Imperial uniform by changing your voice using a Teensy 3.2 and Prop Shield.

Build a portable digital compass using the SparkFun MicroView and the MAG3110 Magnetometer Breakout.

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.

Building a pedal around the Teensy 3.2 and Teensy Audio shield. Changing the effect in the pedal is as easy as uploading a new sketch!

Building a gyrator-based analog equalizer using the Proto Pedal.

Add a cloth stencil over EL panels to create glowing logos and designs.

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!

Use GPS to have two objects, a base and a target, point towards one another. This can be used to aim a directional antenna (or in the case of this project, a laser) from one object to the other object at a distance that is only limited by your ability to provide the base station with the target's GPS location.

Learn how to build a wireless controller to kill power when things go... sentient.

Use an Arduino and the SparkFun Sound Detector to create visualizations on Addressable RGB LED strips.

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.

Classroom STEM activity that has students build a battery from a lemon, measure the open and closed circuit voltages, and determine the battery's internal resistance.

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