Zack Freedman takes a look at how the boards from SparkFun are made

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Rob's back with his candy throwing robot to show you how the magic works behind the scenes!

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Unbox Machinechat With Us!

Get started with easy data display and visualization with our new Machinechat kits. Simple setup and preprogrammed logging make the startup experience smooth and exciting!

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Spend All Day With RTK

If you're in need of high precision positioning, look no further than utilizing the power of real time kinematics (RTK). We now have a full page of resources for all your RTK questions!

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Happy May 4th!

May the 4th be with you! Check out some cool facts about filming The Mandalorian including some hidden SparkFun parts.

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Missed the OHS 2022? Talks from the Summit are now available to watch.

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It's Livestream Time!

Join us on the first Tuesday of the month for a special livestream covering our favorite products that were released in the last month as well as exciting news and developments in the electronics industry.

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The ZED-F9T GNSS Timing Breakout is now available along with a new SiK Telemetry Radio!

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A look into the MicroMod GNSS Carrier Board and how to utilize it with u-center.

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In lieu of our normal Friday Product Post, we are going to take some time today to take a look back at some of our favorite parts of 2021!

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Rob takes a swing at showing how easy it would be for a professional team to cheat at baseball.

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Did you think we were done with new Raspberry Pi products? Well, there's one more for you to spy today!

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How are SparkFun Videos Made?

Go behind the scenes at the SparkFun studio to see how our weekly videos are produced.

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Over the past few weeks, we've been releasing new kits for our popular RTK Surveyor and RTK Express. Nathan is here to talk more about them!

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If you're curious what goes into producing a SparkFun Original board, check out our new video!

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New to the “Meet the Engineers” series or need to get caught up? Check out the videos for the first two webinars featuring Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA!

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We teamed up with Edge Impulse and a few of our friends to produce a series of virtual workshops to learn new machine learning skills and theory.

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The second chapter of the SparkFun Inventor's Kit has been conquered!

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