Skill

This tutorial covers everything you need to know about through-hole soldering.

How to strip, crimp, and work with wire.

How do I install a custom Arduino library? It's easy! This tutorial will go over how to install an Arduino library using the Arduino Library Manager. For libraries not linked with the Arduino IDE, we will also go over manually installing an Arduino library.

A tutorial to help figure out the power requirements of your project.

This tutorial will teach you what a bootloader is and why you would need to install or reinstall it. We will also go over the process of burning a bootloader by flashing a hex file to an Arduino microcontroller.

Tutorial showing how to solder castellated holes (or castellations). This might come in handy if you need to solder a module or PCB to another PCB. These castellations are becoming popular with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth modules.

How do I install a custom Arduino board/core? It's easy! This tutorial will go over how to install an Arduino board definition using the Arduino Board Manager. We will also go over manually installing third-party cores, such as the board definitions required for many of the SparkFun development boards.

How to install CH340 drivers (if you need them) on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

This tutorial will show you how to load the MicroPython interpreter onto a variety of development boards.

A step-by-step guide to installing and testing the Arduino software on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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.

This tutorial will show you how to communicate with your serial devices using a variety of terminal emulator applications.

This tutorial will go over how to safely charge, connect, disconnect, reinforcing the cables, and handle single cell LiPo batteries.

Hot-air stations or heat guns are very useful tools and are essential for any electronics workbench. When working with or building printed circuit boards, there is a lot of room for errors to be made. Have no fear though, there are ways to remedy this with a hot air rework station!

Interested in the DA16200 FreeRTOS SDK? This guide covers setting up the SDK in the Eclipse IDE and how to program our boards with the DA16200 module.

Quick tips regarding how to connect, protect, and disconnect U.FL connectors.

How to work the dials and buttons on an oscilloscope, and a glossary of the o-scope lexicon.

Necto Studio is a user friendly development environment for users looking to get started with MikroElektronika's MIKROE products.

An in-depth tutorial covering schematic capture, PCB layout, library editing, and gerber generation using this amazing open source PCB creation tool.

MicroPython is an implementation and subset of the Python 3 programming language that can be used on microcontrollers. This guide will walk you through writing MicroPython programs for the ESP32 Thing development board.

Not just how to download and install EAGLE, but how to install the SparkFun EAGLE Libraries and scripts.

How to install drivers for the FTDI Basic on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

This is an assembly guide for the SparkFun Flashlight Kit, a basic learn to solder kit.

Use matplotlib to create a real-time plot of temperature data collected from a TMP102 sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi.