Tutorial Posts
A111 Pulsed Radar Board gets Sparked with GroupGets!
After a short time in retirement, the SparkX A111 Breakout Board is coming back to life as part of the Get Sparked program!
What Drives your SparkFun Inventor's Kit?
USB-to-serial UART bridges like the CH340 make it easier to upload code to an Arduino and pass serial data to/from your computer. Make sure to install the respective drivers before getting started.
Logic Level Basics
Learn what a logic level is, and how to interface between different technologies, with a few of our tutorials!
RPi's Greatest Hits: Using RealVNC
Revisiting the use of virtual network computing for headless (or just more convenient) interaction with your RPi setup.
Enginursday: Get Wired Up!
How do you work with wire? Level up your technical skills by checking out this tutorial.
How to get a Bootloader on your Board
A brief overview of bootloaders, and a few tutorials we have for installing bootloaders to boards.
Dude, Where's My SAMD21 and SAMD51 Drivers For Windows 7?
Behold: SAMD drivers that work with Windows 7
"Archives Exist to Keep Things Safe but not Secret" - Kevin Young
We have ported another "still relevant" tutorial from our archives, and added additional content to make it even more helpful on your next project!
Why Buy it When You can Build It?
Let's review an overly simple example of our new product process, and the unavoidable truth of fun over efficiency in my life...
Wireless Gesture-Controlled Robot
Control a robot wirelessly with your hand using XBees, Arduino and an accelerometer.