Sew LED strips into a fur vest for Halloween, Burning Man or any event that calls for furry lights.
Not working as expected? Luckily, we have a tutorial about where to start looking and will explore a few general troubleshooting tips that frequently come up in SparkFun’s technical support department!
My dream has always been to create a robotic jack-o'-lantern. Unfortunately life often gets in the way, and I never make it happen in time for Halloween. Today, I start a project I can build onto as I go.
A look at the design considerations of rebuilding the fiber optic mounts for my light suit to accommodate new fiber optics and LEDs
SparkFun offers several options in the USB-Serial arena. Today we'll attempt to demystify the differences between them.
A look into how to decide when a knob has moved, so that your program can take an action.
Today, we revisit the concept of serial communication with RS-232 and TTL. We'll also explore the "inverted TTL" with the ultrasonic range finder to read data from the sensor.
In this week's Enginursday, Alex meets with a local Speech-Language Pathologist to talk about how makers can help make devices for people with special needs
The micro:bit is an awesome piece of tiny hardware, and I just wanted to make sure we gave you another programming environment with which to play.
Sometimes, when testing power supplies, it's handy to be able to load them consistently. This gizmo will help you do that.
Utilizing an X-Band Motion Sensor to not only detect movement but trigger music too!
Inspired to try something new for International Week of Making, Mary mixed and poured concrete over electronics in her office.
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