Tutorials
Soil moisture-sensing by hacking a solar light
How to take a solar powered pathway light from a hardware store and make it into a crude soil moisture sensor.
SparkPunk Hookup Guide
How to assemble and modify the SparkPunk Sound Generator kit.
ISL29125 RGB Light Sensor Hookup Guide
A guide to help you integrate the ISL29125 RGB light sensor breakout board into your electronic projects.
MMA8452Q Accelerometer Breakout Hookup Guide
How to get started using the MMA8452Q 3-axis accelerometer -- a solid, digital, easy-to-use acceleration sensor.
Light-Up Father's Day Card
Light up your dad's day with this electronic pop-up card!
XBee Shield Hookup Guide
How to get started with an XBee Shield and Explorer. Create a remote-control Arduino!
Teardown: DDC Mobile X900
Nate picked up a bricktastic phone in China. Let's take it apart!!!
WAV Trigger Hookup Guide V11
An introduction to being able to trigger music and sound effects based on buttons, sensors, or switches using the WAV Trigger board.
Logomatic Hookup Guide
Basic introduction and hook-up guide for the SparkFun Logomatic.
How Lithium Polymer Batteries are Made
We got the opportunity to tour the Great Power Battery factory. Checkout how LiPos are made!
How LEDs are Made
We take a tour of a LED manufacturer and learn how PTH 5mm LEDs are made for SparkFun.
How Chip-On-Boards are Made
COB or chip-on-board is a low cost way of soldering an IC to a PCB. Checkout this tutorial to see how it is done!
Are You Okay? Widget
Use an Electric Imp and accelerometer to create an "Are You OK" widget. A cozy piece of technology your friend or loved one can nudge to let you know they're OK from half-a-world away.
BeagleBone Black Proto Cape Hookup Guide
Learn how to get started making your own capes for the BeaglBone Black using the BeagleBone Proto Cape.
MiniGen Hookup Guide
Using the MiniGen, SparkFun's Arduino Pro Mini signal generator shield
Customizing LilyPad LED Colors
A short guide to creating a rainbow of new LilyPad LED colors at home!
LiPo USB Charger Hookup Guide
How to charge your LiPo batteries with the USB LiPo charger. Plus how to modify your charger to set the charge current.
ELasto-Nightlight
Fear the dark no longer with this ELastoLite nightlight.
Interactive Hanging LED Array
Learn how we converted 72 lightbulbs into an interactive LED array for our conference room.
Uh-Oh Battery Level Indicator Hookup Guide
Learn how to assemble and use the TL431 in the Uh-Oh Battery Level Indicator Kit.
Arduino Wireless Communication via the Electric Imp
How to communicate between an Electric Imp and Arduino using serial.
Teardown: Misfit Shine Activity Tracker
A quick tear down of the popular fitness tracking device, the Misfit Shine.
LogicBlocks & Digital Logic Introduction
Introducing fundamental digital logic concepts and LogicBlocks
LogicBlocks Experiment Guide
Experiments guide for the LogicBlocks kit. Build oscillators, latches, multiplexers and more with the LogicBlocks.