Tutorials
Glowing Pin
Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art using a LilyPad LED, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery.
Illuminated Mask
Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party.
Night-Light Pennant with LilyMini ProtoSnap
Use the pre-programmed LilyMini ProtoSnap to make an interactive pennant that reacts to ambient light levels.
Light-Up Plush
Craft a light-up plush with LilyPad LEDs controlled by pressing a button and sliding a switch in the creature's hands.
MicroView Hookup Guide
A quick tutorial to get you up and running with your MicroView Development Board.
Mini GPS Shield Hookup Guide
A hookup guide for the SparkFun Mini GPS Shield.
Logging Data to Google Sheets with the Tessel 2
This project covers how to log data to Google Sheets two ways: using IFTTT with a web connection or a USB pen drive and "sneakernet" without.
HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Hookup Guide
Measure relative humidity with SparkFun's HIH-4030 Humidity Sensor Breakout.
Building an Autonomous Vehicle: The Batmobile
Documenting a six-month project to race autonomous Power Wheels at the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) in 2016.
Importing Custom Images into Eagle
How to create custom graphics and import them into Eagle for silk, copper, etc.
MAX30105 Particle and Pulse Ox Sensor Hookup Guide
The SparkFun MAX30105 Particle Sensor is a flexible and powerful sensor enabling sensing of distance, heart rate, particle detection, even the blinking of an eye. Get ready. Set. Shine!
9DoF Razor IMU M0 Hookup Guide
How to use and re-program the 9DoF Razor IMU M0, a combination of ATSAMD21 ARM Cortex-M0 microprocessor and MPU-9250 9DoF-in-a-chip.
Red Box Robot Hookup Guide
Turn an iconic SparkFun red box into an obstacle-avoiding robot.
Internet of Things Experiment Guide
The SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev Board is a powerful development platform that lets you connect your hardware projects to the Internet. In this guide, we show you how to combine some simple components to remotely log temperature data, send yourself texts and control lights from afar.
Addressable LED Strip Hookup Guide
Add blinking lights to any holiday decoration with our Holiday Lights Kit using WS2812-based addressable LEDs!
Serial Controlled Motor Driver Hookup Guide
Hookup guide for the Serial Controlled Motor Driver
nRF52832 Breakout Board Hookup Guide
How to hookup and program (in Arduino!) the nRF52832 Breakout -- a development board for Nordic's BLE/ANT/2.4GHz system on chip.
Reducing Arduino Power Consumption
A tutorial about different ways to reduce the current draw for your next Arduino project the easy way.
LP55231 Breakout Board Hookup Guide
Get to know the LP55231 9-channel LED driver., and learn how to configure and program this surprisingly flexible IC.
PiRetrocade Assembly Guide
Build your very own retro gaming controller with a Raspberry Pi using the SparkFun PiRetrocade Kit!
ESP32 Thing Hookup Guide
An introduction to the ESP32 Thing's hardware features, and a primer on using the WiFi system-on-chip in Arduino.
TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Hookup Guide
Bring the ability to detect light levels to any project with the SparkFun TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Breakout.
Vox Imperium: Stormtrooper Voice Changer
Add some flair to your Imperial uniform by changing your voice using a Teensy 3.2 and Prop Shield.
MAG3110 Magnetometer Hookup Guide
Get started with the MAG3110 3-Axis Magnetometer and learn how to make your own digital compass that senses the Earth's magnetic fields.