Visual programming languages are a unique way to introduce tyro programmers to thinking like a programmer. Here are some of the great tools we've discovered that enable visual programming for Arduino.
Radio-Frequency IDentification is a technology that allows machines to identify an object without touching it, or even without a clear line of sight. How does it work?
SparkFun returns to the AIAA Small Satellite Conference with more people, more stuff, and export-controlled sombreros.
Today we have a post from SparkFun Engineer Chris Taylor on "Self Taught Electronics."
Technological befuddlements it took me 10 years and a college degree to understand.
A quick roundup of some of the more useful programs I have found being a tinkerer with a Macintosh Computer.
What did you do on your summer vacation? These students are launching experiments on government sounding rockets.
With some LEDs, some acrylic, and a little know-how, you can create your very own LED light box.
Open-sourcing Laser Technology and the SparkFun visit the Optics Lab at the School of Mines
In which Pete and Dia travel to Olin College to perform gruesome dissections and help bring to life an army of cyborg critters.
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Thanks for the L band sharing !
Over the years, I've been pretty vocal about wanting on-board RTCs, with at least the possibility of connecting something like a coin…
Not only does VBAT supply the RTC, but there’s also battery-backed RAM onboard too! With the amount of space available on the Thing Plus…
Interesting... it sort of covers one of my "hot buttons", that is having an RTC. In looking at the schematic, I noticed that the "BAT"…
But Social Engineer's LOVE him. Good job catching so many of the buttons social manipulators use, but I nearly thought Sparkfun was off…
There's a disclaimer at the very end, hopefully that's enough to keep people from attempting. Glad you liked it!
Update: I followed all of the steps listed in this guide. My computer is now virus-free! The fan keeps coming on and the hard drive is…
Nice job [REDACTED]! Very clever indeed. Top notch writing too. It had to have taken some quality time to put that piece together. I commend…
It looks like they do have one that works "Out of the box": [List of compatible…
Thanks for the great description! I hadn't even been aware of the existance of NNSS, though in the mid 1980s, I'd looked at LORAN-C for a…