News - SparkFun Electronics

AVC Course Preview

by Emcee Grady | May 21, 2012 | 43 comments

Check out the course for the upcoming AVC!
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New Product Friday: Will Spark for Fun

by RobertC. | May 18, 2012 | 94 comments

We're back with more products and a couple of demos. Check out the video and the assortment of new stuff.
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Maker Faire eTextile Lounge

by Emcee Grady | May 17, 2012 | 13 comments

Stop by the eTextile Lounge at Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend!
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Maker Faire Reminder

by Emcee Grady | May 16, 2012 | 13 comments

Don't forget to come say hello if you're at Maker Faire Bay Area!
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MaKey MaKey

by Emcee Grady | May 15, 2012 | 12 comments

Everyone is an inventor.
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SparkFun Goes to USASEF

by Emcee Grady | May 14, 2012 | 7 comments

Check out these highlights from USASEF in Washington D.C.
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New Product Friday: Purple Power

by RobertC. | May 11, 2012 | 10 comments

Some tools, a mistake, the future of Arduino, and a sewing kit. What's not to love about this week's products?
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SparkFun Gets a Subpoena

by Nate | May 09, 2012 | 206 comments

We've never seen a subpoena before, have you? Check this out...
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Robotic Claw Tutorial

by Emcee Grady | May 08, 2012 | 9 comments

So you want to build a robot?
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According to Pete: May 2012 Edition

by Emcee Grady | May 07, 2012 | 22 comments

Check out this month's According to Pete!
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New Product Friday: Scoping it Out

by RobertC. | May 04, 2012 | 15 comments

More new products to make your wallet cry for mercy.
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MiniBot Class Reminder

by Emcee Grady | May 03, 2012 | 8 comments

A reminder about an upcoming class!
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Maker Faire San Mateo 2012

by Nate | May 02, 2012 | 41 comments

SparkFun is again heading to San Francisco for Maker Faire!
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Fast and Malleable

by Nate | May 01, 2012 | 36 comments

Why SparkFun will never be able to compete with BMW.
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AVC Reminder

by Emcee Grady | April 30, 2012 | 19 comments

The Autonomous Vehicle Competition is coming soon!
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New Product Friday: Pull, Stomp, Rocker, Race

by RobertC. | April 27, 2012 | 31 comments

Another round of new products for the week.
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Tech Support RoboJoust

by Toni_K | April 26, 2012 | 25 comments

The Sparkfun Tech Support team put on a robot joust. After months of preparing not only the arena, but also the competitors, they are here to bring you their tale of robot mayhem.
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Final Soldering Competition Reminder

by Emcee Grady | April 25, 2012 | 20 comments

This is the last - really - reminder of the upcoming SparkFun Soldering Competition.
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Education Website Launch

by Emcee Grady | April 24, 2012 | 31 comments

SparkFun's Education Department now has its own website.
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USASEF

by Emcee Grady | April 23, 2012 | 15 comments

In DC this weekend? Check out USASEF!
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New Product Friday: The FLATUS

by RobertC. | April 20, 2012 | 43 comments

Some more new products and a terrible demo.
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Distributors: Our Extended SparkFun Family

by Kris | April 19, 2012 | 21 comments

The time has come to show our distributors some love.
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All Hail the DeployBot!

by KRULLLLLLLL | April 18, 2012 | 46 comments

Customer Service builds a light and sound alarm for themselves.
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The Tricorder Project

by Emcee Grady | April 17, 2012 | 12 comments

Check out this amazing project from SparkFun customer Peter Jansen.
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Deconstructing SPOT

by Emcee Grady | April 16, 2012 | 12 comments

Check out Nate's SPOT teardown.
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New Product Friday: Your Parts Connection

by RobertC. | April 13, 2012 | 39 comments

Another big week for new products. Check out all the connectors, plugs, and tools we have for this week.
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Package-Off 2012 and a New Class!

by Emcee Grady | April 12, 2012 | 12 comments

Check out the live stream of our packaging contest and we have a new robotics class!
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OSHW DC Meetup and Survey

by Nate | April 10, 2012 | 73 comments

Take the Open Source Hardware survey and come say hi at our booth in DC.
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It's RoboWeek!

by Emcee Grady | April 09, 2012 | 5 comments

April 7-15 is National Robotics Week.
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New Product Friday: Switching it Up

by RobertC. | April 06, 2012 | 41 comments

It's a big week for new products. We've got a lot this week, so get your tax refunds ready!
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DIY Wirelessly Controlled Lights

by Emcee Grady | April 05, 2012 | 14 comments

Check out this nice project from a SparkFun customer.
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Fire Up Your Soldering Irons

by Emcee Grady | April 04, 2012 | 2 comments

Are you the best solderer in the west/east/north-central?
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blodeJazz

by Todd | April 03, 2012 | 49 comments

The server generated music of sparkfun.com
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According to Pete: April 2012 Edition

by Emcee Grady | April 02, 2012 | 31 comments

Brushed DC motors and Inductors!
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New Product Friday: Never odd or Even

by RobertC. | March 30, 2012 | 28 comments

Check out the new products for the week and see what our roof looks like.
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AVC Spectator Registration Reminder

by Emcee Grady | March 29, 2012 | 14 comments

Please register if you want to check out the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition.
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Greetings from Customer Service

by BBlack | March 28, 2012 | 40 comments

An introduction to our Customer Service squad.
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Free Day Documentary Part II

by Emcee Grady | March 27, 2012 | 23 comments

Check out the final installment of our Free Day Documentary.
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Introduction to Arduino Class

by Emcee Grady | March 26, 2012 | 17 comments

Want to learn Arduino? Check out this class!
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New Product Friday: Oh Fudge!

by RobertC. | March 23, 2012 | 56 comments

This week we play some pranks with our new products.
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March Caption Contest

by Emcee Grady | March 22, 2012 | 492 comments

Dust off your funny skills - you've got captioning to do.
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On The Trail of the Black Swift

by MikeGrusin | March 21, 2012 | 19 comments

Rock-climbing researchers use clever dataloggers to solve a migration mystery and help save a species.
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Last Minute Class Reminder

by Emcee Grady | March 20, 2012 | 0 comments

There are three classes in the next three days with spots still left!
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Vortical Filament

by Emcee Grady | March 19, 2012 | 30 comments

Check out this art project
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New Product Friday: Have it your way

by RobertC. | March 16, 2012 | 36 comments

The weekend is almost here, so we're talking about the new products from this week and demonstrating a couple as well.
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Androids Love IOIOs!

by a1ronzo | March 15, 2012 | 29 comments

The IOIO has found it's home with many Android devices. This blog post compiles all of the most recent IOIO projects and documentation into one place, in addition we are introducing a IOIO class.
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