Tutorials

See the inner-workings of the most advanced thermostat to hit the market, the Nest.

Use the pre-programmed LilyMini ProtoSnap to make an interactive pennant that reacts to ambient light levels.

Make a beautiful night sky costume using the LilyPad LEDs and the LilyTiny.

Learn how to record and playback controller 'macros' for your Nintendo Switch using a Raspberry Pi, SparkFun Top pHAT, and Joycontrol.

A hookup guide for the Noisy Cricket Stereo Amplifier - 1.5W.

Add color to your projects with non-addressable LED strips! These are perfect if you want to control and power the entire strip with one color for your props, car, fish tank, room, wall, or perhaps under cabinet lighting in your home.

A basic getting started guided to the SparkFun Transceiver Breakout - nRF24L01+

How to hookup and program (in Arduino!) the nRF52832 Breakout -- a development board for Nordic's BLE/ANT/2.4GHz system on chip.

Take your nRF52840 development to the next level -- build your applications with the nRF5 C SDK. This tutorial explains how to set up a development environment based around the GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain.

How to use Arduino or CircuitPython to develop applications for the nRF52840 Cortex-M4 Bluetooth SoC.

Getting started with the nRF9160 from Circuit Dojo and SparkFun!

How to put together your BYOT (Bring Your Own Tritium) Nuclear Battery Kit!

How to start working with the OBD-II Uart board.

How to use and re-program the OpenLog Artemis, an open source datalogger. The OLA comes preprogrammed to automatically log data. The OLA can also record serial data, analog voltages, or readings from external Qwiic-enabled I2C devices. Some of these Qwiic-enabled devices include GPS/GNSS modules, pressure, altitude, humidity, temperature, air quality, environment, distance, and weight sensors.

An introduction to working with the OpenLog data logger.

How to use and customize the SparkFun OpenPIR motion sensor.

OpenScale allows you to have a permanent scale for industrial and biological applications. Learn how to use the OpenScale board to read and configure load cells.

A quick tutorial to get you started in the world of light up origami flowers.

Add sound effects to your project, prop or costume with Papa Soundie Audio Player.

This quick craft project shows you how to create a circuit using copper tape instead of wire to light up an LED and make a wearable piece of e-craft art.

A quick primer to get you going with the PCA9306 Logic Level Converter.

A quick primer to get you going with the PCA9306 Logic Level Converter - a dedicated I2C translator.

What exactly IS a PCB? This tutorial will breakdown what makes up a PCB and some of the common terms used in the PCB world.

Getting People to do your job for you (badly) with some chocolate and a pcDuino!