Tutorials

Hardware guide for the Stepoko

Get started with the STM32 Thing Plus!

How to hookup the Sunny Buddy: a solar-powered, MPPT (peak-power tracking), LiPo battery charger.

Are you to sleepy to enjoy a sunrise on a brisk morning? Yeah...us too! No worries, with a Webcam, a Tessel 2 and a bit of code you can sleep in and catch the sunrise at your leisure with the Sunrise Machine.

Learn how you can use the SX1509 to control 16 LEDs or up to 64 buttons with just two pins.

T5403 Barometric Pressure Sensor Hookup Guide

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

Nate picked up a bricktastic phone in China. Let's take it apart!!!

A quick tear down of the popular fitness tracking device, the Misfit Shine.

Create an innocuous-looking USB stick with an Arduino Pro Micro and a 3D printed case that moves your mouse pointer randomly every few seconds. Sure to anger your coworkers and friends!

A basic introduction and assembly guide for the SparkFun Teensy Arduino Shield Adapter.

A guide to using the TeensyView OLED board to display text and graphics.

Getting started with the Teensy 3.1 / Teensy 3.2 and XBee. Establishing a serial link.

A comparison of analog and digital temperature sensors. Which is better?

Bring the ability to detect light levels to any project with the SparkFun TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Breakout.

The TFMini is a ToF (Time of Flight) LiDAR sensor capable of measuring the distance to an object as close as 30 cm and as far as 12 meters! The TFMini allows you to integrate LiDAR into applications traditionally reserved for smaller sensors such as the SHARP GP-series infrared rangefinders.

The TFMini is a ToF (Time of Flight) LiDAR sensor capable of measuring the distance to an object as close as 30 cm and as far as 12 meters! The TFMini allows you to easily integrate LiDAR into applications traditionally reserved for smaller sensors such as the SHARP GP-series infrared rangefinders. With the added Qwiic feature, you can quickly connect to the sensor via I2C!

This TFT LCD Breakout is a versatile, colorful, and easy way to experiment with graphics or create a user interface for your project.

Learn about the benefits of balanced signal transmission, and how to apply the THAT InGenius and OutSmarts breakouts.

A payphone turned into a bit of fun.

Tell the time with this fantastic Alchitry project using clocks to make a clock!

Let's take a look at different materials we can use to combine paper crafting and electronics.

The Uncertain 7-Cube is a non-committal, less-than-helpful, but also entirely honest fortune teller. Simply ask it a yes or no question, give it a nudge, and the 7-Cube will dutifully inform you that it doesn’t have all the facts and doesn’t feel comfortable making a guess.

This tutorial shows you how to hook up and use the SparkFun Thing Plus Dual-Port Logging Shield.