Tutorials
Make Your Own Fritzing Parts
Learn how to create your own Fritzing part so you can make amazing looking wiring diagrams, learn about schematics and PCB design, and get your design fabbed into a real PCB with Fritzing's PCB manufacturing service.
MYST Linking Book
Create your own Linking Book from the classic computer game, MYST
ML8511 UV Sensor Hookup Guide
Get up and running quickly with this simple to use UV sensor.
Binary Blaster Assembly Guide
Learn how to assemble and play the Binary Blaster Game from SparkFun Electronics.
HID Control of a Web Page
Learn how to move a slider on a webpage and make a motor spin. We connect HTML and HID to read sensors and interface with the physical world.
Build an Auduino Step Sequencer
Make a Step Sequencer using an Arduino, the Auduino firmware, and a handful of hardware.
T5403 Barometric Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
T5403 Barometric Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide
OBD II UART Hookup Guide
How to start working with the OBD-II Uart board.
Sound Detector Hookup Guide
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.
LSM9DS0 Hookup Guide
How to assemble, connect to, and use the LSM9DS0 -- an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer all-in-one.
Large Solderable Breadboard Hookup Guide
This breadboard has a couple of tricks up it's sleeve!
Hackers in Residence - Hacking MindWave Mobile
Review, teardown, and hacking tutorial for the MindWave Mobile, a $99 commercial grade EEG sensor.
How to Use an Oscilloscope
How to work the dials and buttons on an oscilloscope, and a glossary of the o-scope lexicon.
Wireless Arduino Programming with Electric Imp
Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.
Vernier Shield Hookup Guide
A guide to using the Vernier Shield
Simon Splosion Wireless
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.
USB Type A Female Breakout Hookup Guide
An above-and-beyond example using the USB Type A Female Breakout board.
WiFly Shield Hookup Guide
How to get the WiFly Shield up and running.
Understanding the BC127 Bluetooth Module
SparkFun has two boards using the BC127; here's what you need to know to use them.
Das Blinken Top Hat
A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.
Dot/Bar Display Driver Hookup Guide
How to hook up the LM3914 or LM3916 to drive a 10-LED display with a lone analog signal.
Reaction Timer
Demonstrate mental chronometry with this simple reaction timer!
Nest Protect Teardown
See the inner-workings of the new Nest Protect in this SparkFun Teardown.
Recreating Classic Electronics Kits
100-in-1? 500-in-1? It's up to you when you build your own Science Fair style experiment board!