Tutorials

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How to get started using the GeoFence GPS Boundary Widget and GeoFence Software.

Basic hookup guide for the TB6612FNG H-bridge motor driver to get your robot to start moving!

In this tutorial, we will sew standard electroluminescent (EL) wire to a hoodie.

Learn how to connect the RedBot Line-Following Sensor Bar to an Arduino-type microcontroller. Use the example sketches to read data from the bar, and try out a simple line-following algorithm.

We take a tour of a LED manufacturer and learn how PTH 5mm LEDs are made for SparkFun.

This tutorial explains how common infrared (IR) communication works, as well as shows you how to set up a simple IR transmitter and receiver with an Arduino.

Learn how to measure the current consumption of your project using the ACS723 Current Sensor.

Learn how to assemble and use the TL431 in the Uh-Oh Battery Level Indicator Kit.

Learn about all things capacitors. How they're made. How they work. How they look. Types of capacitors. Series/parallel capacitors. Capacitor applications.

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit (SIK) Experiment Guide contains all of the information needed to build all five projects, encompassing 16 circuits, in the latest version of the kit, v4.0a.

How to use and re-program the 9DoF Razor IMU M0, a combination of ATSAMD21 ARM Cortex-M0 microprocessor and MPU-9250 9DoF-in-a-chip.

The TPL5110 Nano Power Timer is ideal for applications that require low power, and especially those projects that are running off of a LiPo battery. The Nano Power Timer will turn on your project after the set amount of time, continuously.

How to crack an unknown safe in under an hour.

Learn how to use the SparkFun Touch Potentiometer to control lighting, volume or other inputs in your daily life.

We make a simple side-scrolling endless runner game using parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0.

Modify a simple desk lamp to respond to a double clap (or other sharp noise) using parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0.

We use parts from the SparkFun Inventor's Kit v4.0 to create a light-seeking robot that mimics the behavior of single-celled organisms.

How to hook a force-sensitive resistor up to an Arduino to measure pressure variances.

Protect your project by adding a fuse in your circuit to save it from molten destruction.

Equip your Arduino project with a sliding soft potentiometer to monitor position or adding linear control to your project.

An overview of the flex sensor - a bendable variable resistor. Plus, example circuits and Arduino code to get you started!

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).

Lumenati is our line of APA102c-based addressable LED boards. We'll show you how to bring the sparkle to your projects!