Tutorials

We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument.

A tutorial about different ways to reduce the current draw for your next Arduino project the easy way.

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

A hookup guide for the SparkFun Mini GPS Shield.

Picking up where we left off in "Getting Started with LTSpice," we delve a little deeper into LTSpice through an introduction of Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps).

This tutorial will guide you through assembling your Simon Tilts PTH Kit.

Get to know the contents of the SparkFun Discrete Semiconductor Kit.

Learn how we converted 72 lightbulbs into an interactive LED array for our conference room.

A basic hookup guide for getting started with the SparkFun Wake-on-Shake. The board gives you the ability to put your project into hibernation until bumped or shaken awake using the ADXL362 accelerometer. This means you can design projects meant to stay inert for long periods of time, possibly even several years, depending on the battery type used to power the project.

Music Box Project based on the Dr. Who TARDIS.

Get started with the ADXL345 Accelerometer.

The FreeSoC2 is an Arduino-compatible PSoC5LP-based development board, produced by SparkFun in collaboration with Jon Moeller (developer of the original FreeSoC) and Cypress Semiconductor.

Getting started with the Charlieplexed 8x7 LED array.

Get up and running with the MPU-9250 9-axis MEMS sensor.

Dive into the world of the Internet of Things with the SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Photon.

Learn how to connect that sweet transparent OLED.

Get started with Actobotics with this simple vehicle. Then expand and customize it for your own evil robot empire.

A quick overview of the features of the OLED Block for the Edison.

The SparkFun ESP8266 Thing Dev Board is a powerful development platform that lets you connect your hardware projects to the Internet. In this guide, we show you how to combine some simple components to remotely log temperature data, send yourself texts and control lights from afar.

The APDS-9301 sensor is an I2C connected luminosity sensor which returns measurements in lux.

Getting started with the SparkFun Proto Pedal. We'll assemble the board, then discuss some of the details of the circuit.

Your guide to the Digital Sandbox! 16+ experiments that, using a graphical programming language, teach you to blink LEDs, monitor microphones, read temperature, and much more.

See the invisible world of infrared radiation using the FLIR Dev Kit and Raspberry Pi.

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