Tutorials

An overview of the inner workings of a battery and how it was invented.

Every electrical project starts with a circuit. Don't know what a circuit is? We're here to help.

What is this 'Arduino' thing anyway? This tutorials dives into what an Arduino is and along with Arduino projects and widgets.

We can see electricity in action on our computers, lighting our houses, as lightning strikes in thunderstorms, but what is it? This is not an easy question, but this tutorial will shed some light on it!

Learn about the latest generation of GPS and GNSS receivers to get 14mm positional accuracy!

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

How to get the WiFly Shield up and running.

Reprogram your Arduino from anywhere in the world using the Tomatoless Boots wireless bootloader with the Electric Imp.

Build a custom wireless audio Bluetooth adapter using BlueCreation's BC127 and add it to your old speaker system!

In this tutorial, we will build an EL wire dance suit that can be controlled by a wireless glove controller!

Control the RedBot wirelessly based on the movement of your hand using an accelerometer, Arduino, and XBees!

Build a wireless glove controller with Arduinos to trigger an LED using XBees!

A hookup guide for the SparkFun Wireless Joystick Kit.

Get started with the SparkFun Wireless Motor Driver Shield!

In this tutorial, we will expand on the SIK for RedBot to control the robot wirelessly with XBee radios! We'll explore a different microcontroller and wirelessly control the RedBot at a distance.

In this tutorial, we will utilize the MakeCode radio blocks to have the one micro:bit transmit a signal to a receiving micro:bit on the same channel. Eventually, we will control a micro:bot wirelessly using parts from the arcade:kit!

Monitor the weather without being exposed to it through wireless communication between two micro:bits using the radio blocks! This is useful if your weather station is installed in a location that is difficult to retrieve data from the OpenLog. We will also explore a few different ways to send and receive data.

Time for racing, let's make a wireless timing device using ESP32 wireless communication.

We created a few Jupyter Notebooks to make using our Qwiic boards with your Jetson Nano even easier!

How to strip, crimp, and work with wire.

How to create a pixel string with the WS2812 and WS2812B addressable LEDs!

Get started with SparkFun's XBee3 Thing Plus - both the u.FL as well as the PCB antenna versions.

How to get started with an XBee Shield and Explorer. Create a remote-control Arduino!

An overview of Digi's WiFi XBees, and a quick how-to on getting them connected and interfacing with the cloud.