Tutorials and Resources

The development, manufacturing and operation of the wireless sensor network requires a wide skill set. There is a plethora of tutorials available online. Below we listed a few of our favorites.

Open Source Hardware

• Building Open Source Hardware - DIY Manufacturing for Hackers and Makers by Alicia Gibb (free sample)
• Open-Source Lab - How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs by Joshua Pearce

Through-hole soldering

• Sparkfun
• Adafruit

PCB Manufacturing

• Adafruit
• Sparkfun

Electronics product development

• Adafruit/Digi-Key: Maker to Market

Eagle CAD

• Sparkfun
• Make Your Own PCBs With EAGLE: From Schematic Designs To Finished Boards by Simon Monk and Duncan Amos

Arduino

• Arduino
• How to install Arduino libraries
• Sparkfun
• Adafruit

Arduino bootloader flashing

• Sparkfun
• Arduino
• Adafruit

Arduino SPI programming

• Arduino

XBee

• Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino by Matthijs Kooijman
• Sparkfun - Tutorial
• Sparkfun - Hardware Guide

PHP

• W3Schools - PHP 5 Tutorial

HTML

• W3Schools - HTML5 Tutorial

MySQL

• W3Schools - PHP MySQL Database

AJAX

• W3Schools - AJAX