Tutorials

Get started with the Qwiic Ultrasonic Distance Sensor!

A quick introduction to the DS1307 RTC module and a hookup guide for the SparkFun Breakout.

Need to add more analog inputs for your project? Check out the Qwiic 12-bit ADC.

Add a high precision, digital temperature sensor to your projects using the TMP117 over the I2C!

The Qwiic RFID ID-XXLA is an I2C solution that pairs with the ID-LA modules: ID-3LA, the ID-12LA, or the ID-20LA, and utilizes 125kHz RFID chips. Let's take a look at the hardware used for this tutorial.

Light is a useful tool for the electrical engineer. Understanding how light relates to electronics is a fundamental skill for many projects.

This guide will go over how to use the USB Type-C Power Delivery Board.

Ever wanted to prototype I2C components on a Pi? Now you can!

An introduction to integrated circuits (ICs). Electronics' ubiquitous black chips. Includes a focus on the variety of IC packages.

Your guide to commissioning, tinkering, and programming the SparkFun Photon RedBoard.

Configure a Raspberry Pi without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor.

Use matplotlib to create a real-time plot of temperature data collected from a TMP102 sensor connected to a Raspberry Pi.

Learn how to use serial I2C and SPI buses on your Raspberry Pi using the wiringPi I/O library for C/C++ and spidev/smbus for Python.

Use RealVNC to connect to your Raspberry Pi to control the graphical desktop remotely across the network.

This tutorial will teach you how to set up your Raspberry Pi as a full desktop computer and read in sensor data through the GPIO using SparkFun hardware.

This Arduino tutorial will teach you how to pinpoint and display your GPS coordinates with a press of a button using hardware from our Qwiic Connect System (I2C).

In this tutorial we'll revisit some RFID basics and practice by making a remote work logger using an RFID reader and a GPS module. You'll scan a card and get ID, location, and time. All the perfect data to punch in and punch out from the middle of Nowhere!

Find out where you are! Use this easy hook-up guide to get up and running with the SparkFun high precision GPS-RTK NEO-M8P-2 breakout board.

The u-blox NEO-M8U is a powerful GPS units that takes advantage of untethered dead reckoning (UDR) technology for navigation. The module provides continuous positioning for vehicles in urban environments and during complete signal loss (e.g. short tunnels and parking garages). We will quickly get you set up using the Qwiic ecosystem and Arduino so that you can start reading the output!

Let's ramp up our GPS tracking skills with KML files and Google Earth. We'll make a tracker that logs location and allows us to visualize our steps with Google Earth.

An electric imp HUG! Provides an overview of the imp card and breakout. Both hardware and firmware subjects are covered.

This tutorial will show you how to make a scale that logs your weight to a custom website on the Internet. The principles can be extrapolated to any type of data.

This tutorial will show you how to make a robot that streams a webcam to a custom website that can be remotely controlled.

An introduction to the RedBoard Turbo. Level up your Arduino-skills with the powerful SAMD21 ARM Cortex M0+ processor!