The creation of an automatic light switch using infrared tripwires.

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Creating a custom project to show off some nice edge-lit acrylic.

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Hop on the I2C BUS and let's build Escape Room puzzles Qwiic!

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With the world accessible in an instant these days, sometimes your local community goes by the wayside when looking for help or common interest.

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A quick guide to using and personalizing Eagle configuration script files to tailor settings to your needs.

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Enginursday: Using Both ESP32 Cores

In this week's Enginursday, we'll explore how to use both cores of the ESP32, and why you might want to.

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Let's check out my third design to control LEDs based on movement using an accelerometer!

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Wes and I collaborated on some code to take your current Spotify album art and display it on a 64x64 LED matrix. Let's check it out!

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Happy 100th Birthday to Consolidated Electronic Wire & Cable!

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Join us for part two of our in-depth look at testbed design at SparkFun. Here, we focus on the hardware design choices for our in-house testing tool, the Flying Jalapeno.

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Why We Made a U.FL Tutorial

The motivation behind the "Three Quick Tips for Using U.FL" tutorial

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It's like clap-on, clap-off, but nerdier.

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Join us as we give some insight into the progress made in SparkFun’s testbed design over the past eleven years, and an in-depth look at our most recent production testing tool, the Flying Jalapeno.

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How to eschew the Arduino IDE for a combination of and Arduino command-line tool (Arduino CLI) and a professional code editor (Visual Studio Code).

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Lumos! Here are my experiences 3D-printing a "magical" illuminated wand theatrical prop for my students' performance.

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I recently figured out how to make a custom-shaped screen using an ESP32 and DMX512 over ArtNet. Let's check it out.

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I needed a positionable desk lamp and I had a bin full of heads on my desk. Add in Halloween, and I can now see what I'm soldering!

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Let's take a look one of our principal suppliers of soldering tools -- Weller!

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Let's take a closer look at the quasi-random sequence generator for the Simon Says Trampolines project, and how a buggy first attempt was improved!

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