Sensors
Sensor Kit Resource Hub
May 5, 2016
An overview of each component in the SparkFun Sensor Kit, plus links to tutorials and other resources you'll need to hook them up.
Force Sensitive Resistor Hookup Guide
May 5, 2016
How to hook a force-sensitive resistor up to an Arduino to measure pressure variances.
Reed Switch Hookup Guide
May 5, 2016
Magnetically-actuated reed switches are the perfect component for non-contact proximity sensors. This tutorial provides a quick overview and example hook up.
QRD1114 Optical Detector Hookup Guide
May 5, 2016
Use this IR LED/phototransistor fusion to sense objects in close proximity or even the color of a surface!
Flex Sensor Hookup Guide
May 5, 2016
An overview of the flex sensor - a bendable variable resistor. Plus, example circuits and Arduino code to get you started!
SIK Keyboard Instrument
April 15, 2016
We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.
Blynk Board Washer/Dryer Alarm
March 31, 2016
How to configure the Blynk Board and app to notify you when your washer or dryer is done shaking.
Blynk Board Project Guide
March 25, 2016
A series of Blynk projects you can set up on the Blynk Board without ever re-programming it.
MyoWare Muscle Sensor Kit
March 17, 2016
Line of products to work with the MyoWare muscle sensor from Advancer Technologies.
BadgerHack: Sensor Add-On Kit
February 16, 2016
Turn your Badger or Redstick into a temperature and soil moisture sensing display with the BadgerHack Sensor Add-On Kit
SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Edison Experiment Guide
December 17, 2015
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.
LilyPad Light Sensor Hookup Guide
November 19, 2015
How to hook up the LilyPad Light Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.
MAX31855K Thermocouple Breakout Hookup Guide
November 5, 2015
Learn how to take readings with a k-type thermocouple using the MAX31855K cold-junction-compensated k-type thermocouple-to-digital converter.
MLX90614 IR Thermometer Hookup Guide
October 29, 2015
How to use the MLX90614 or our SparkFun IR Thermometer Evaluation Board to take temperatures remotely, over short distances.
SparkFun BME280 Breakout Hookup Guide
October 22, 2015
A guide for connecting the BME280 sensor to a microcontroller, and for using the SparkFun Arduino library.
Touch Potentiometer Hookup Guide
October 22, 2015
Learn how to use the SparkFun Touch Potentiometer to control lighting, volume or other inputs in your daily life.
SparkFun Line Follower Array Hookup Guide
October 15, 2015
Learn how to connect the RedBot Line-Following Sensor Bar to an Arduino-type microcontroller. Use the example sketches to read data from the bar, and try out a simple line-following algorithm.
LSM303C 6DoF Hookup Guide
October 8, 2015
A basic guide to get started with the LSM303C 6 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.
SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Photon Experiment Guide
September 3, 2015
Dive into the world of the Internet of Things with the SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Photon.
LSM9DS1 Breakout Hookup Guide
August 13, 2015
A hookup guide for the LSM9DS1, which features a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and 3-axis magnetometer. It's an IMU-in-a-chip!
LSM6DS3 Breakout Hookup Guide
August 13, 2015
A hookup guide for the LSM6DS3, which features a 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, and FIFO buffer.
MPU-9150 Hookup Guide
August 13, 2015
A basic guide to get started with the MPU-9150 9 Degrees of Freedom Breakout.
Photon IMU Shield Hookup Guide
July 2, 2015
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.
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.