Tutorials
RedBoard Santa Trap
A fun holiday project to try for anyone looking to catch Santa on Christmas!
Actobotics Basic Differential Platform
Get started with Actobotics with this simple vehicle. Then expand and customize it for your own evil robot empire.
21st Century Fashion Kit: Inflation
Learn how to use a blower and thin sheet plastic to create designs that change shape and volume!
SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison - Battery Block
A quick overview of the features of the Battery Block.
SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison - Console Block
A quick overview of the features of the Console Block.
Edison Getting Started Guide
An introduction to the Intel® Edison. Then a quick walk through on interacting with the console, connecting to WiFi, and doing...stuff.
Loading Debian (Ubilinux) on the Edison
How to load a Debian distribution (specifically Ubilinux) onto the Edison.
Decade Resistance Box Hookup Guide
How to assemble the decade resistance box, then use it as a design and measurement tool.
Let It Glow Holiday Cards
Craft a glowing card for friends and family this holiday season with paper circuits - no soldering required!
Using the SparkFun PicoBoard and Scratch
Here are a few tips in using the PicoBoard with Scratch v1.4. The PicoBoard allows us to write Scratch programs that interact with a variety of sensors on the PicoBoard. These sensors include: sound, light, a slider, a push button, and 4 external sensors (A, B, C, and D).
APDS-9960 RGB and Gesture Sensor Hookup Guide
Getting started guide for the Avago APDS-9960 color, proximity, and gesture sensor.
21st Century Fashion Kit: Electrochromatic Circuits
Diana Eng walks you through a magically appearing design made with an thermochromatic pigment.
Benchtop Power Board Kit Hookup Guide
Need more power? This Benchtop ATX Power Supply Kit should help give you the boost you need to power those energy hungry projects.
Cackling Apple Head Witch
Make your own cackling apple head witch to scare all of the trick or treaters this Halloween!
Micro OLED Breakout Hookup Guide
Learn how to hook up the Micro OLED breakout to an Arduino. Then draw pixels, shapes, text and bitmaps all over it!
Humidity-sensing LED Flower
How about that humidity? This tutorial shows how to add sensing capability to the 21st Century Fashion Kit's RGB flower project.
Sunny Buddy Solar Charger V13 Hookup Guide
How to hookup the Sunny Buddy: a solar-powered, MPPT (peak-power tracking), LiPo battery charger.
FTDI SmartBasic Hookup Guide
How to use an FTDI SmartBasic Board to program an Arduino and access another serial device over the hardware serial port, without unplugging anything!
Hackers in Residence - Sound and Motion Reactivity for Wearables
How to consciously wear light-up and and sound reactive clothing.
Twinkling Trick or Treat Bag
Make a light up goodie bag with conductive thread, LEDs, and the LilyTwinkle!
Hacking Your Maker Faire Badge
How to hook-up, program, and modify your Maker Faire Badge for electronic fun.
LTC4150 Coulomb Counter Hookup Guide
A "Coulomb Counter" is like a gas gauge for your battery. Here's how to use it.
Re-Programming the LilyTiny / LilyTwinkle
A quick tutorial showing how to reprogram the ATtiny85 IC found on the LilyTiny or LilyTwinkle boards.
MCP4725 Digital to Analog Converter Hookup Guide
This is a quick hookup to help you get started with the MCP4725 DAC breakout board. This device allows you to send analog signal from a digital source, like the I2C interface on the Arduino microcontroller.