Tutorials

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.

An addition to a previous project, this time using a PC and a custom Java app to create your own music visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

Learn how to make a musical painting using the Bare Conductive Touch Board and Conductive Paint.

Get started using the SparkFun Easy Driver for those project that need a little motion.

Learn the basics of how to get started with the SparkFun RFID Starter Kit.

How to use the Rotary Switch Potentiometer breakout board, with some sample applications.

Combine a silk flower with a built-in RGB LED and some LilyPad Switches to create a customizable accessory.

How to get your Arduino groovin' using the MP3 Player Shield.

How to use the SparkFun Servo Trigger to control a vast array of Servo Motors, without any programming!

See the invisible world of infrared radiation using the FLIR Dev Kit and Raspberry Pi.

Adding external storage in the form of an SD or microSD card can be a great addition to any project. Learn how in this hookup guide for the microSD shield and SD breakout boards.

A fun project that uses a Raspberry Pi and a custom Java app to create your own sound visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.

A basic hookup guide for getting started with the SparkFun Wake-on-Shake. The board gives you the ability to put your project into hibernation until bumped or shaken awake using the ADXL362 accelerometer. This means you can design projects meant to stay inert for long periods of time, possibly even several years, depending on the battery type used to power the project.

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

A quick overview of the features of the Arduino Block.

This tutorial shows how to get started with the SparkFun GPS Shield and read and parse NMEA data with a common GPS receiver.

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit for MicroView follows our tried and true inventor's kit model, bringing you 11 simple yet fun experiments to introduce you to the SparkFun MicroView.

How to get started with the SparkFun Big Easy Driver.

A quick overview of the features of the OLED Block for the Edison.

Get started with your VL6180 based sensor or the VL6180 breakout board.

Light up your love with paper circuits - no soldering required!

Check out Hacker in Residence, Jesse's awesome Harmonic Skew Zoetrope in this project tutorial.

Craft a stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Plush Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed.

This is a GPS controlled clock - a clock you truly never have to set! Using GPS and some formulas, we figure out what day of the week and if we are in or out of daylight savings time.