Prototyping
Preassembled 40-pin Pi Wedge Hookup Guide
Using the Preassembled Pi Wedge to prototype with the Raspberry Pi B+.
Working with Wire
How to strip, crimp, and work with wire.
SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver Hookup Guide
The SparkFun ProDriver and Mini Stepper Motor Driver boards utilize Toshiba's TC78H670FTG stepper motor driver. The ProDriver features latch pin terminals, which are easier to connect than the "Easy" Drivers. Meanwhile, the Mini Stepper Motor Driver come in smaller PCB footprint, that is pin compatible with breadboards. To get started, follow this hookup guide and you will be spinning stepper motors, in no time.
Qwiic Shield for Arduino & Photon Hookup Guide
Get started with our Qwiic ecosystem with the Qwiic shield for Arduino or Photon.
RedBoard Plus Hookup Guide
This tutorial covers the basic functionality of the RedBoard Plus. This tutorial also covers how to get started blinking an LED and using the Qwiic system.
Beefcake Relay Control Hookup Guide
This is a guide for assembling and basic use of the Beefcake Relay Control board
SAMD51 Thing Plus Hookup Guide
This tutorial covers the basic functionality of the SAMD51 Thing Plus and highlights the features of the new ARM Cortex-M4F development board.
How to Use a Breadboard
Welcome to the wonderful world of breadboards. Here we will learn what a breadboard is and how to use one to build your very first circuit.
Qwiic MUX Hookup Guide
Have a bunch of sensors with the same I2C address? Put them on the Qwiic MUX (TCA9548A) to get them all talking on the same bus!
Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide
The essential parts for beginning (or even experienced) hobbyists that gives you all of the basic through-hole components you will need to get started playing with embedded projects. We'll identify a few parts in the kit and provide a few basic circuits to get started!
8-Pin SOIC to DIP Adapter Hookup Guide
Assembly and application of the 8-pin SOIC-to-DIP adapter.
SparkFun Satellite Transceiver Kit - Swarm M138 Hookup Guide
A hookup guide for the SparkFun Satellite Transceiver - Swarm M138 (KIT-21287)
SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield Hookup Guide
The SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield PCB and ProtoShield kit lets you customize your own Arduino shield using whatever custom circuit you can come up with! This tutorial will go over its features, hardware assembly, and how to use the shield with an Arduino R3 footprint.
ESP32 Thing Plus Hookup Guide
Hookup guide for the ESP32 Thing Plus (Micro-B) using the ESP32 WROOM's WiFi/Bluetooth system-on-chip in Arduino.
MicroMod All The Pins (ATP) Carrier Board
Access All The Pins (ATP) of the MicroMod Processor Board with the Carrier Board!
Getting Started with the Artemis Development Kit
This guide covers the general design of the board, the installation of the recommended software used to program the Artemis DK, and some basic examples. For more advanced functionalities, we have separate software development guides for the AmbiqSDK, Arm® Mbed™ OS, and the Arduino IDE platforms that users can reference.
MyoWare Muscle Sensor Kit
Line of products to work with the MyoWare muscle sensor from Advancer Technologies.
Pi Servo pHAT (v2) Hookup Guide
This hookup guide will get you started with connecting and using the Pi Servo pHAT on a Raspberry Pi.
Advanced Autonomous Kit for Sphero RVR Assembly Guide
Get your Advanced Autonomous Kit for the Sphero RVR built up with this hookup guide!
Basic Autonomous Kit for Sphero RVR Assembly Guide
Get your Basic Autonomous Kit for Sphero RVR all hooked up with this guide!
1W LoRa MicroMod Function Board Hookup Guide
Everything you need to get started with the 1W LoRa MicroMod function board; a MicroMod function board that provides LoRa capabilities for your MicroMod project. Must be used in conjunction with a MicroMod main board and processor.
SparkFun Qwiic GPIO Hookup Guide
Add up to 8 extra I/O pins to your microcontroller with the SparkFun Qwiic GPIO. Get started with the Qwiic GPIO in this Hookup Guide.
Old Tutorials
Looking for the old, archived tutorials? Head on over to the
archived tutorials on the main
SparkFun site.
Please be aware that the tutorials you find there are no longer
actively maintained.