A fun crystal-themed project in honor of SparkFun's 15th year.
Follow along as Feldi attempts to build a ceramic 3D printer using OS plans she found online.
The serial controlled motor driver is stripped of its firmware and reprogrammed to function as an amplifier. Then it's surrounded with circuits that turn the whole shebang into a portable guitar amp.. but it won't win any awards.
They say, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes," but the joke's on them: I love stupid prizes.
I am no expert at soldering, coding or developing, but I know how to plug something in and press a power button.
Check out these fun and festive holiday-inspired projects!
A couple classic, turkey-related projects for your holiday. Or if you just really like turkey all the time.
This light-sensitive project is designed to keep pedestrians safe, without compromising style!
Although the 3D printer seems to get the spotlight most of the time, people are making some very interesting projects where the laser cutter takes the lead role.
This light-up jersey makes game day even more fun!
Sew LED strips into a fur vest for Halloween, Burning Man or any event that calls for furry lights.
Instead of buying expensive, one-color LED kits to attach to your helmet, use SparkFun addressable LEDs!
Don't have time to make a costume this year? We have you covered with this cute, super-quick costume for all ages!
Mistakes happen in making, even (especially?) to pros.
What "cleaning" a room does to air quality.
Check out some of the impressive work from our Community Partners!
Wherein we seek to answer the age old question: What the heck is a VOC?
We like to potty! We like, we like to potty!
But when guessing the time and the combination, only two people can win
Revisiting the venerable HaterMatic project, with a Valentine's Day twist!
I still have a self-hosted Phant instance (really!) for my IoT logging. Do you have any recommendations for a work-alike or work-similar…
I know that radar to measure speed (such as police use to check the speed of vehicles) uses doppler shift to measure the speed. The thought…
Wow great blog!
You need to reflash the firmware - see: https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_DataLogger/issues/3 Once you flash using that command, you can…
I think I just overwrite the DataLogger IoT firmware was doing firmware update and accidently hit Arduino script file, instead of cool term…
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…
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…
Just got one of these in the mail manufactured by from Marc Media. It contains a Quectel BG95-M3 celluar board, a Miot 3v042B antenna and an…