SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-19T03:13:07-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsJRMorrisJr on First Ever Friday New Product Post!JRMorrisJrurn:uuid:f3ef6b95-76c6-7f38-e14f-faba59f799152011-04-06T10:00:28-06:00<p>OK, had to stop the vid to post this after 18 seconds... First there's the shot of the break room and I think, "Hmmm?" Then there's Rob and what appears to be a 'stolen moment' and Rob turns... "Oh hi." oh no... Is this? Dave walks in, YUP! A porno!</p>
Madbodger on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Madbodgerurn:uuid:6026cd9b-9266-7475-9dfd-edc1cd37bf492011-04-05T13:40:10-06:00<p>Um, they do: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9946</p>
tweedius on First Ever Friday New Product Post!tweediusurn:uuid:4fd61a38-7965-4ad3-6b83-ba0008536b3c2011-04-04T21:02:23-06:00<p>Cool, cool, cool, harvesting energy....I've been had...<br>
However, if you guys had figured out a way to harvest energy, you guys could change your name from Sparkfun to Sparkwin.</p>
BlackJester on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BlackJesterurn:uuid:cb542aec-1f50-2c1c-401c-7c23551a649e2011-04-04T13:47:25-06:00<p><em>I think the irony might have been lost here...</em></p>
PalmTreesandPICs on First Ever Friday New Product Post!PalmTreesandPICsurn:uuid:184913ab-bfde-f570-fb6b-342dd4502e0c2011-04-04T13:22:12-06:00<p>Damn you Rebecca Black....</p>
cjenkins on First Ever Friday New Product Post!cjenkinsurn:uuid:651ae7e5-6bcd-f06a-7256-bb1753541ebf2011-04-03T22:07:18-06:00<p>"We've had the LIS331 IC for a little while, and now we have a breakout board for it."<br>
Link for the breakout board is the same of the LIS331, this is a mistake or is part of the fun?</p>
Daniel Bernardos on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Daniel Bernardosurn:uuid:1715fa28-2896-6dbc-13d2-7a69c2bee7242011-04-03T19:11:08-06:00<p>By the way, if you got to sell all those units, your profits would gross $4.359.028,83<br>
What a number guys, congrats for such a great company.</p>
Brodie on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Brodieurn:uuid:5014223a-f052-4837-e3b4-42b66a9376352011-04-03T14:27:50-06:00<p>The All-DoF is definatly cheaper than a Turbo-Encabulator, by about $58,999,999,980.79, what a bargain!<br>
I would like to see one included in the All-DoF though.</p>
Daniel Bernardos on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Daniel Bernardosurn:uuid:4e17142f-3ef6-d7ee-642e-fc2af05660c82011-04-03T10:03:43-06:00<p>Sparkfun has 820,898 units to sell in 2,039 active products.<br>
Come on guys! Lets help them :)</p>
U2 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!U2urn:uuid:9eaf552f-f62c-a7ab-784b-8894325d76292011-04-03T08:58:31-06:00<p>The softmodem is an awesome thing. Most of the Hobbyists will love it because of two reasons. Arduino and Android !!!!!!!!!</p>
Lynnco on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Lynncourn:uuid:0bebcf05-ff8b-d1f1-f661-cfad65306c652011-04-02T22:51:25-06:00<p>What happened to the egg?</p>
EvilGenius121 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!EvilGenius121urn:uuid:4aa50814-8e34-56a0-1c8d-a9a2c3462df62011-04-02T18:44:46-06:00<p>The cake was a lie! So was the All-Dof!! <em>And</em> the blue smoke kit! :(<br>
Thanks for getting my hopes up spsrkfun, though this is the only time you have dashed them...<br>
Oh, and by the way, all electronics products are better with sparkles!! Presentation is key. :)</p>
R_Phoenix on First Ever Friday New Product Post!R_Phoenixurn:uuid:6e1507fd-2d56-d2b9-34f5-e074242af5c92011-04-02T13:04:03-06:00<p>I really hope the New product post on Friday wasn't part of the April fools joke.<br>
The reason for moving it to Friday - So we have more time over the weekend to view the video and products - Makes a lot of sense and is a very good reason to move it to Fridays.</p>
Nakor on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Nakorurn:uuid:7ad5e59a-9d29-00b2-333d-1a74e0b33f282011-04-02T09:44:50-06:00<p>The Soldering Iron Kit was the funniest one. I wasn't paying attention at the time until I noticed you saying you needed to buy a kit so you could build your kit lol.</p>
xArchersParadox on First Ever Friday New Product Post!xArchersParadoxurn:uuid:25da3b20-c70e-9eb9-b2fa-f8346a4ca2722011-04-02T07:05:48-06:00<p>It uses 'magic blue smoke' and You call shenanigans on the smoke concentrator?...</p>
Renee2 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Renee2urn:uuid:2f769b1c-f61e-9fd2-7c16-97128c8ad55e2011-04-02T02:15:17-06:00<p>No turboencabulator?</p>
Blacklab1 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Blacklab1urn:uuid:aa67786a-25bd-9fe5-9bae-4ef1b269e8052011-04-02T01:12:17-06:00<p>tweezers pliers gag- what you talking about? I have three of them in my house and they are great. Glad to know where I can get more if the tip breaks on one of them. Just keep them away from the girls in the house; you will never see them again, if they get hold of them. I still don’t know why I find them in their makeup kit.</p>
Blacklab1 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Blacklab1urn:uuid:7fd86ef2-542a-9c0d-e332-1c1e6c8769812011-04-02T01:04:43-06:00<p>You do know by having New Product Post on Friday, I and your other Monster Customers can’t get their new toy until after Wednesday the next week. If I place my order after looking at your Friday Product post, means Sparkfun won’t be able to ship my order until the following Monday. Which means the earliest I could get my new Toy would be Wednesday. Talk about Sparkfun with draws. My paws are already shanking.</p>
Ted M on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Ted Murn:uuid:4feafa02-3422-3178-8b65-10d2a963d6662011-04-01T22:16:09-06:00<p>All your base are belong to us</p>
WillWD on First Ever Friday New Product Post!WillWDurn:uuid:8d281a69-38ae-e521-4319-950df7596ee52011-04-01T20:31:55-06:00<p>haha, Thanks Sparkfun for your 'Amazing' product post. I'm not going to lie, so yes.. you had me believing you for a second... But then , I too realised what the date was yesterday. :P<br>
Thanks</p>
Paul Jones on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Paul Jonesurn:uuid:6f42c5a7-ee78-505b-2557-0292fc1dff532011-04-01T19:01:57-06:00<p>lol love the circular dependency on the soldering iron kit!!</p>
Calif on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Califurn:uuid:bf16f237-306c-06fe-4127-829d973078392011-04-01T18:36:23-06:00<p>The videos should be cut up & shown on the product pages.</p>
sephers on First Ever Friday New Product Post!sephersurn:uuid:048a9db1-2e17-eec1-8beb-5ebad02f79d32011-04-01T17:21:57-06:00<p>hahaha took my ages to work out the April Fools jokes, nice one xD</p>
Statelogic on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Statelogicurn:uuid:93f46982-982e-d186-65b7-a84250962b312011-04-01T16:37:33-06:00<p>The All-DoF is the perfect datalogger to throw into the mouth of an active volcano. My project is to measure the depth of the lava by measuring heat and pressure. Can the All-DoF power harvesting feature convert the heat and pressure into enough electrical power to power a protective electroendothermic heat shield? I imagine this could run for years, and once it reached the center of the Earth it could continue to operate forever, providing a communication link from one side of the Earth to the other. I would like to make the first geo-centric satellite at the center of the Earth.</p>
IllogicGate on First Ever Friday New Product Post!IllogicGateurn:uuid:428bb96b-f669-e235-283d-f0fb1d722de72011-04-01T16:19:32-06:00<p>Did you know the rotary encoder breakout is REAL?!?!?!</p>
RichInTN on First Ever Friday New Product Post!RichInTNurn:uuid:70bf9255-ea26-2311-6f5f-e027583b34292011-04-01T15:42:06-06:00<p>Will the revision be available last week?</p>
BlackJester on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BlackJesterurn:uuid:c6284768-ad4c-67f1-12c5-1ca3213f5fc42011-04-01T15:12:18-06:00<p>Quick! To the TARDIS!</p>
TeslaFan on First Ever Friday New Product Post!TeslaFanurn:uuid:9ca288ad-fc0d-d52d-fd36-f76d11b7f5872011-04-01T15:06:03-06:00<p>I got the Blue Smoke Kit as I have an Arduino Pro 3.3v that I plugged directly to a 440 volt 3 phase breaker box. I figured it would have more power that way. Nope. So anyway, I figured I could bring it back to life.<br>
Then I thought... wait... why don't I use it on a NEW Arduino, and make it twice as powerful? That worked great! Now it has 64K of Flash and runs at 32 Mhz. The power of 2 Arduinos!<br>
Can I just get the smoke shipped to me in Tanker Trucks? I'll need a lot to boost an Arduino into a sentient state.</p>
EvilGenius121 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!EvilGenius121urn:uuid:a87c1d7b-16ac-3313-13ba-bcfa9363dfb52011-04-01T14:50:34-06:00<p>And im also starting to think the All-Dof board is fake... and it sounded so promising!</p>
EvilGenius121 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!EvilGenius121urn:uuid:bf23dd34-1f1a-6900-bd54-fcced31927702011-04-01T14:47:47-06:00<p>:O :O :O Ive been dying to find a way to put the blue smoke into my chips again. I had this one amp and it blew- I dont know what went wrong, but anyways I got a sample of the smoke, and had it chemically analyzed, and I look forever for a way to make the smoke, but I just cant find any! Now I have a way to resurrect my chips! *Btw, the chemical compounds are made of radioactive funobtanium, a hint of blue dye, and a pinch of basil. Dont ask me why.<br>
No, but seriously, I watched the entire blue smoke vid and believed it for a min, started getting skeptical, and then looked at the comments and remembered the date :)</p>
Young Maker on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Young Makerurn:uuid:357187b1-c24a-c724-6ae9-67e881d1f6782011-04-01T14:29:37-06:00<p>To Words: Radioshack Firestarter</p>
baum on First Ever Friday New Product Post!baumurn:uuid:bb2da686-3799-a594-ff5d-27f4e45997362011-04-01T13:45:19-06:00<p>Yes, thank you. I am gluten sensitive, so everytime I log on to the sparkfun website or get any sparkfun products, I come down with awful cramps... But now its gluten free! Thanks so much everyone!</p>
RobertC. on First Ever Friday New Product Post!RobertC.urn:uuid:c8e986dd-cf84-6fc3-97a1-7e0af957f5152011-04-01T13:21:41-06:00<p>actually, we ARE keeping it on Friday. We wanted it to run through the weekend every week. It just turned out to be a good week to switch to Friday :-)</p>
tommyschw on First Ever Friday New Product Post!tommyschwurn:uuid:ae8da75d-4ef8-62c2-de56-22a47ccdd7aa2011-04-01T13:03:58-06:00<p>I love it!</p>
pithed on First Ever Friday New Product Post!pithedurn:uuid:e4e4d5ba-fcb5-b4cd-017f-4b93ac3d10162011-04-01T12:42:30-06:00<p>Nice, but I like my product posts with more kittehs pleeze:<br>
http://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/sparkfuns-has-da-kewt-kitty-parades-of-stuf/#more-39174</p>
M-Short on First Ever Friday New Product Post!M-Shorturn:uuid:af730ab0-56fd-dd9b-9677-0c73dee5b2d52011-04-01T12:36:10-06:00<p>This morning you were able to order the April Fools items, but since we sold all 50 All-Dofs and had another 14 on backorder we put a stop to it so we didn't spend the rest of the day fixing peoples order.</p>
Customer #25750 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Customer #25750urn:uuid:7e19af87-dcb6-be5a-d8b5-0145633233382011-04-01T12:09:43-06:00<p>Does the ALL-DOf come with a titmouse?</p>
tommyschw on First Ever Friday New Product Post!tommyschwurn:uuid:2c3583d1-5a44-315b-7841-31520e845d7c2011-04-01T12:05:30-06:00<p>Agreed!</p>
BlackJester on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BlackJesterurn:uuid:685ba945-fb99-d30a-8385-57bbcd0de14e2011-04-01T12:05:01-06:00<p>You have to make your own from scratch.</p>
BlackJester on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BlackJesterurn:uuid:55d804cd-8e13-1dc1-3f24-7850d8ee8abc2011-04-01T12:01:24-06:00<p>Hopefully, the next version will include temp and light sensors, which are mysteriously absent. Are you going to make this available in lemon-scent as well?<br>
Median Transverse Copulation Device: Is this for the Male-to-Female unit? Sounds like a strange 'marital aid'.</p>
TeslaFan on First Ever Friday New Product Post!TeslaFanurn:uuid:d708a441-1bba-71c3-e226-d83ae32d01112011-04-01T11:43:44-06:00<p>I ordered the Soldering Iron kit, but then I realized I would need another to build the first one! But now they're on backorder with no option to order them!<br>
When will they come off backorder so I can order one to build the one I already have coming?</p>
BonkBoy on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BonkBoyurn:uuid:1fd68ca8-dcb1-5be4-b992-48189698a9052011-04-01T11:32:37-06:00<p>No. Just look at the product pages. If it's "Out of Stock" and "Not available for backorder" then it's an April Fool's joke. If you can order it then it's a real product.</p>
Teslaling on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Teslalingurn:uuid:ba4f667c-ba24-7a8a-7cd7-4959a62a54a72011-04-01T11:31:09-06:00<p>Even the Magic Blue Smoke Refilling Kit???</p>
tz on First Ever Friday New Product Post!tzurn:uuid:d279bf45-9ab0-b0ae-a26e-04fac5fec3e12011-04-01T11:02:54-06:00<p>So are the pliers, coin cell holder, and accelerometer breakout april fools jokes too?</p>
North Alabama PC on First Ever Friday New Product Post!North Alabama PCurn:uuid:4eb95312-5b8c-f7c6-4ee4-06b7f31ce9b72011-04-01T10:59:40-06:00<p>I think you guys are inhaling a little to much of that blue smoke. MRI tests all around!</p>
mux on First Ever Friday New Product Post!muxurn:uuid:bf5f261a-9396-5ec5-399f-36b0b395a67a2011-04-01T10:55:33-06:00<p>I hope you haven't tried resurrecting Dave with the Tetragrammatron phase inductance :) !</p>
eewestcoaster on First Ever Friday New Product Post!eewestcoasterurn:uuid:a196452f-3a7c-4b91-fa8f-affa4ca921482011-04-01T10:55:06-06:00<p>Halfway through that video I had the same thought.</p>
customer207 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!customer207urn:uuid:8220d0f2-ba3e-6ce1-efd5-16594d3eadc22011-04-01T10:25:54-06:00<p>How many takes did it take to get that down without cracking a smile?</p>
mitpatterson on First Ever Friday New Product Post!mitpattersonurn:uuid:18c05cef-8222-1eb0-6f92-9e4005bfcbad2011-04-01T10:18:57-06:00<p>Are any of the products actually real? first one is fake, but the rest seem somewhat plausable</p>
scharkalvin on First Ever Friday New Product Post!scharkalvinurn:uuid:c2e12cd9-2527-f0c4-26a8-ccdc706772832011-04-01T10:10:51-06:00<p>I noticed that the ONLY thing NOT included in the soldering iron kit was the SOLDERING IRON! (It's really a soldering station power supply kit). If you wanted us to fall for the joke you should have fixed that.</p>
scharkalvin on First Ever Friday New Product Post!scharkalvinurn:uuid:5fdbabdc-d4ab-d0e4-23df-4dc34483a9722011-04-01T10:06:23-06:00<p>I have a feeling that you will be moving the new product videos back to Thursday next week. There was only one reason to have it on Friday this week.</p>
hikebikeclimb on First Ever Friday New Product Post!hikebikeclimburn:uuid:c57bedbd-df33-b3dd-b330-d602d308ab7b2011-04-01T09:56:35-06:00<p>You should make a add-on for the All-DoF that includes a sonic screwdriver and a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator. That should then handle all the universal and trans-dimensional needs for all sparkfun customers.</p>
dpaton on First Ever Friday New Product Post!dpatonurn:uuid:df6f92fb-a485-a84d-8ef1-2e7038a617112011-04-01T09:54:22-06:00<p>Tetragrammatron phase inductance?<br>
Must be April 1.</p>
Yvan256 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Yvan256urn:uuid:4eef8cec-3d25-f2bc-ae22-29fb928dfa842011-04-01T09:53:14-06:00<p>What about those with lactose intolerance? I've been waiting for SparkFun to sell lactose-free solder for more than three years now!<br>
On another topic, that rotary encoder breakout board has got to be an April Fool's product.<br>
I will be ordering two soldering kits, so that I can build each one with the other.</p>
RobertC. on First Ever Friday New Product Post!RobertC.urn:uuid:6307d008-7c56-21a3-428f-2a7c8820155e2011-04-01T09:48:53-06:00<p>it's just the first version. we have a revision in the works to correct some of these issues.</p>
asselinpaul on First Ever Friday New Product Post!asselinpaulurn:uuid:d7e83765-fa28-434f-3e14-8e18912b12b92011-04-01T09:43:15-06:00<p>April's fool ;)</p>
RobK on First Ever Friday New Product Post!RobKurn:uuid:d931f650-8d8e-2f91-ed50-ed3b10d807792011-04-01T09:38:46-06:00<p>Errr... I hate April Fools Day. It jumped the shark years ago.</p>
MightyDubster on First Ever Friday New Product Post!MightyDubsterurn:uuid:fdc1c89e-6390-3b99-6bc8-fddd0c434bdb2011-04-01T09:25:54-06:00<p>Wow! That video sets a new standard for "smartasness", which is a quality similar to the "magic smoke".</p>
eewestcoaster on First Ever Friday New Product Post!eewestcoasterurn:uuid:0a477efe-7bd8-3a46-36e4-57b15872308b2011-04-01T09:25:35-06:00<p>Best. Video. Ever.</p>
BlackJester on First Ever Friday New Product Post!BlackJesterurn:uuid:cb7b4456-4f5d-44d2-4c47-3ce1f812b09e2011-04-01T09:23:06-06:00<p>Sure, but does the All-DoF have a dongle-arm to handle sinusoidal deplenuration? When will SparkFun start carrying Retro-encabulators?<br>
I love the nesting with the soldering kit that requires soldering.<br>
edit: It just occurred to me... how did they make the very first soldering iron, without first having a soldering iron? Creationism vs Soldering Evolutionism...<br>
BTW that gag about the pliers is hilarious! Seriously, pliers with soft grip and spring action. That's so fake!</p>
Erik-Sparkfun on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Erik-Sparkfunurn:uuid:cc4ed98c-f3f3-d7eb-a2b8-9c56c9882b132011-04-01T09:19:39-06:00<p>You're welcome. It's really all about the SparkFun customer community, though. We've had a lot of requests for gluten-free products as of late, so we pretty much HAD to listen.</p>
Customer #121029 on First Ever Friday New Product Post!Customer #121029urn:uuid:a78c6e1c-31a4-e627-2e68-00be52c4afba2011-04-01T09:11:46-06:00<p>A heartfelt thanks for making products that can be used by those with wheat sensitivity.</p>