We unleash the professionals at Atmel to inspect the insides of our defunct ATmega328s. We found ON Semi written inside. Tim gives us a tour of the Failure Analysis labs at Atmel, Colorado Springs campus.
It's time for a sale! Plus, we're announcing a new product section: the Sale Category.
Bildr - a new site for collaborative technical information on parts, modules, and technology. A wiki of sorts. Created by geeks, for geeks, for building cool stuff.
Introducing the Antimov competition! Who can build the robot that does the most insignificant task, fail spectacularly, and then self destruct?
Ultra-cool ultrasonic sensors are a perfect and simple way to add object or distance sensing to your project!
What a better way to celebrate the start of the weekend than with a handful of new products!
A SparkFun customer designs a cool Pinewood Derby car outfitted with electronic goodies!
We made the trek out to Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA this past weekend - and wow - was it worth it!
A SparkFun customer and a a local dentist investigate the ATMega328 "slugs" - with interesting findings.
Grr. Getting Digikey to sort by price using Greasemonkey and a nifty plugin to Firefox written by Alex Leone.
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