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Product LCD-11062 | about 3 months ago

That new inductor looks pretty tall – could make mounting the screen on a panel awkward?

News - 1st Annual SparkFun Elect… | about 4 months ago

You ought to consider a soldering art show sometime. Consider this piece by master analog wizard Jim Williams (RIP):

http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/analoglife/img/williams-thermometer-sculpture.jpg

News - Free Day 2012 Recap | about 5 months ago

I’m also glad they posted the total number of captchas, it puts the odds in perspective. Even to get to a 50% chance of winning (3,219/2) requires about two hours solid of typing captchas.

I played for about an hour, but beyond that figured my day job paid better (and is more interesting!)

Product COM-10993 | about 5 months ago

Does this handle SDHC? Some card readers don’t grok the “…HC” part, and choke on cards over 2GB.

Tutorial - Ganged Programming with AVR ISP MKIIs | about 7 months ago

The second-to-last shot shows considerable flex on the PCB with the clamps in place – I wonder if you’ll need to take steps to stiffen the board over time? It seems like that could be a point of failure.

Also, you might want to reset the “Skill Level” at the top – I wouldn’t rate this a “beginner” project. : )

News - SparkFun Production: A Br… | about 8 months ago

This is both awesome and inspiring. It’s fantastic to see a US company make a truly successful manufacturing business without “shipping it off to China."
Who knows, maybe in a few years you can beat out Foxconn for the iPhone 7 gig!

Product COM-10595 | about 10 months ago

Wow – years ago, I begged Nathan to find a source for the ultra-cool control knobs on the Avid System 5 Audio Console.
He finally came through! I wish they’d been available for my last knob-based project – I may have to re-do it just to take advantage of the the new knobs.

News - A Round of New Products f… | about 10 months ago

Wow – years ago, I begged Nathan to find a source for the ultra-cool control knobs on the Avid System 5 Audio Console.
He finally came through! I wish they’d been available for my last knob-based project – I may have to re-do it just to take advantage of the the new knobs.

Tutorial - Lessons from Rebuilding Illumitune | about 11 months ago

I’ve seen other projects using RJ45 connectors with big “NOT ETHERNET” labels just to head off that sort of mistake.

News - Rebuilding Illumitune | about 11 months ago

It would be truly fascinating to read about how to make electronics etc. that’s actually able to survive “the public” using it. I’ll bet a lot of makers (& SparkFun customers) face this issue. I’m sure the people who build these displays for a living have some great tricks.
@TimCole: I love that quote.