A BOUT THIS K IT The o v er all goal of this kit is f un. B ey ond this, the aim is to get y ou comf ortable using a wide r ange of electronic components through small, simple and easy circuits. The f ocus is to get each circuit working then giving y ou the tools to figure out wh y . If y ou encounter an y problems, w ant to ask a question, or would lik e to know more about an y part, extr a help is only an e-mail a w a y help oomlout.com . A BOUT O PEN S OURCE H ARDWARE All of the projects at SparkFun and .:oomlout:. are open source. What does this mean It means ev erything in v olv ed in making this kit, be it this guide, 3D models, or code is a v ailable f or free download. B ut it goes f urther , y ou re also free to reproduce and modif y an y of this material, then distribute it f or y ourself . The catch Quite simple, it is released under a Creativ e Commons (By - Share Alik e) license. This means y ou must credit .:oomlout:. in y our design and share y our dev elopments in a similar manner . Wh y W e grew up learning and pla ying with open source softw are and the experience w as good f un, we think it would be lo v ely if a similar experience w as possible with ph ysical things. More details on the Creativ e Commons CC (By - Share Alik e) License can be f ound at ht tp://ardx.org/CCLI A BOUT .: OOMLOUT :. W er e a plucky lit tle design compan y f ocusing on pr oducing delightf ully f un open sour ce pr oducts T o check out what we are up to T B C N .: W HERE TO F IND E VERYTHING :. t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s Before We Start ASEM Assembling the Pieces 02 INST I nstalling the Softw ar e 03 PROG A Small Pr ogr amming Primer 04 ELEC A Small Electr onics Primer 06 The Circuits CIRC01 Get ting Started - (B linking LED) 08 CIRC02 8 LED Fun - (Multiple LEDs) 10 CIRC03 Spin Motor Spin - ( T r ansistor and Motor) 12 CIRC04 A Single Serv o - (Serv os) 14 CIRC05 8 Mor e LEDs - (74HC595 Shift R egister) 16 CIRC06 Music - (Piez o Elements) 18 CIRC07 B ut ton Pr essing - (Pushbut tons) 20 CIRC08 T wisting - (P otentiometers) 22 CIRC09 Light - (Photo R esistors) 24 CIRC10 T emper atur e - ( TMP36 T emper atur e Sensor) 26 CIRC11 Lar ger Loads - (R ela ys) 28 CIRC12 Colorf ul Lights - (RGB LEDs) 30 CIRC13 Vibr ation - (Piez o Vibr ation Sensor) 32 01