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

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.

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

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.

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.1.2 and v4.1.

Learn about Ohm's Law, one of the most fundamental equations in all electrical engineering.

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!

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.

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

This hookup guide will get you started with connecting and using the Pi Servo pHAT on a Raspberry Pi.

Get your Advanced Autonomous Kit for the Sphero RVR built up with this hookup guide!

Get your Basic Autonomous Kit for Sphero RVR all hooked up with this guide!

Learn how to utilize your DMX to LED Shield in a variety of different ways.

What is this 'Arduino' thing anyway? This tutorials dives into what an Arduino is and along with Arduino projects and widgets.

Want to get started in robotics? Look no further than the SparkFun autonomous kit for the Sphero RVR! Whether you purchased the Basic or Advanced kit, this tutorial will get you rolling...

This tutorial covers the basic functionality of the RedBoard Qwiic. This tutorial also covers how to get started blinking an LED and using the Qwiic system.

This tutorial is your guide to all things Arduino Pro Mini. It explains what it is, what it's not, and how to get started using it.

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

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

No matter what flavor of the Simon Says Through-hole Soldering Kit you've purchased, this tutorial is here to guide you through the entire build process.

Using the Preassembled Pi Wedge to prototype with the Raspberry Pi B+.

How to set up an XBee using your computer, the X-CTU software, and an XBee Explorer interface board.

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

Learn the basics of using a multimeter to measure continuity, voltage, resistance and current.

Let's take a look at different materials we can use to combine paper crafting and electronics.

An EL project that displays one person's heartbeat on another person's costume.

Learn how to identify and use a variety of capacitors using the SparkFun Capacitor Kit.

Hacking gumball machines to make the world a happier, blinkier place.

Learn how to build a simple paper circuit using copper tape, a 5mm LED, and a 3V coin cell battery.

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.0a.

How to provision a Blynk Board - get it connected to Wi-Fi and Blynk, so you can start Blynking!

How to load a Raspberry Pi up with Raspbian -- the most popular Pi Linux distribution. Then download, compile, install and run the classic: Doom.

How to put together your BYOT (Bring Your Own Tritium) Nuclear Battery Kit!

This guide will help you get started with electroluminescent (EL) wire, tape, panel, chasing wire, and bendable wire to let your project glow!

Tips and tricks for brainstorming and creating a wearables project.

The first experiment in the LilyPad Design Kit series. In this exercise, you will learn how a basic e-textiles circuit works, and light up a sewable LED using a coin cell battery holder and conductive thread.

A simple step-by-step tutorial to help you download files from SparkFun's GitHub site, make changes, and share the changes with SparkFun.

How to load a Debian distribution (specifically Ubilinux) onto the Edison.