Tutorials

Make a Step Sequencer using an Arduino, the Auduino firmware, and a handful of hardware.

How to start working with the OBD-II Uart board.

This breadboard has a couple of tricks up it's sleeve!

How to assemble, connect to, and use the LSM9DS0 -- an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer all-in-one.

The Sound Detector is a microphone with a binary output. This guide explains how it works and how you can use it in your projects.

Review, teardown, and hacking tutorial for the MindWave Mobile, a $99 commercial grade EEG sensor.

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

Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.

A guide to using the Vernier Shield

This is a tutorial demonstrating one of many techniques to "hack" the Simon Says. We will highlight the technique to take your Simon Says Wireless.

An above-and-beyond example using the USB Type A Female Breakout board.

How to get the WiFly Shield up and running.

SparkFun has two boards using the BC127; here's what you need to know to use them.

A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.

How to hook up the LM3914 or LM3916 to drive a 10-LED display with a lone analog signal.

Demonstrate mental chronometry with this simple reaction timer!

See the inner-workings of the new Nest Protect in this SparkFun Teardown.

100-in-1? 500-in-1? It's up to you when you build your own Science Fair style experiment board!

Getting People to do your job for you (badly) with some chocolate and a pcDuino!

Vernier Photogate Timer -- using the Serial Enabled LCD Kit.

How to get your RedBoard up-and-blinking!

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

A guide for how to get started with the Copernicus II GPS module.

A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.