The new TMC6300 3-Phase Motor Driver is now available and ready for your next robotics project!
Join Arm and Renesas for a Tech Talk where they discuss the Renesas DA16200 and learn how to connect to AWS in minutes. As a bonus, we are giving away 3 SparkFun Qwiic WiFi Shield - DA16200! Sign up in the blog!
Our world is driven by data and information, and storing it has always been a technical challenge. Learn about the evolution of data storage, the pros and cons of using the cloud, what cloud computing is, and more!
This week, we introduce two new Buck Regulators, a new load cell, and two new interface cables to help you with your next GNSS/GPS project!
CEO Glenn Samala takes us through his journey with SparkFun, how he found the perfect balance with founder Nate, and his amazement at what our customers are capable of creating, all while wishing SparkFun a happy 20th.
Check out our new video where our awesome engineer Dryw will walk you through connecting your Thing Plus Matter to Google Nest Hub and the Google Home app!
We're wrapping up Women's History Month by talking about the influence of work traditionally done by women on the fields of computer science and engineering. From using binary code to manually weaving memory cores for the Apollo Missions, women have been at the forefront of many innovations in the industry without proper credit.
Silicon Labs created some amazing project examples, using the SparkFun Thing Plus Matter board, that you can follow once you've got yours up and running. Including gesture recognition and image classification using TensorFlow Lite, counting people in a room, creating an RFID door lock system, and connecting the SparkFun Thing Plus MGM240P to an Android device, these examples are sure to inspire you!
We have a new video for you all where we take you through Simplicity Studio®, SiLabs' UDE, to hit the ground running with the Thing Plus Matter. Also, learn more about Matter and Thread, and how SiLabs and SparkFun are coming together to bring this emerging technology to you!
The NINA-B306 Thing Plus is here along with two new AI single-board computers from NVIDIA!
Women's History is being celebrated all month, and we have another story about an influential woman in science for you! Gladys West is an American mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) by developing satellite geodesy models. Learn more about her here!
NVIDIA releases their Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit, which aims to accelerate entry-level edge AI applications.
We've assembled this annotated resource list to better understand Matter and Thread - what it is, why it matters, and use cases.
SPEed Up The Future! Join the Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) Design Challenge. Build an original application for 10BASE-T1L SPE for a chance to win fantastic prizes!
The Qwiic Dynamic NFC/RFID Tag graduates to reds and the AWS IoT ExpressLink SARA-R5 Starter Kit gets a new version.
Sandeep Mistry uses a SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus to combine real-time audio, AI/ML, DSP, and Wi-Fi connectivity technologies together to get notified when your doorbell rings while you're away.
Happy Women's History Month! Today we're sharing the story of Hedy Lamarr, who was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s as well as an inventor who holds the patent for frequency hopping, which is used in wireless communications today like WiFi and Bluetooth!
Tags
Recent Blog Comments
I think my favorite memory of Sparkfun was when I took the tour of the facility (I think it was either 2017 or 2018), and met a few of the…
Like so many projects I've tried to undertake using SF products. I repeat the procedures as written only to find that something that is…
To share a point of amusement: Last year I put together a presentation on the Apollo Guidance System that took men to the Moon in 1969. Due…
Hmm. Looking through this blog post, it looks like Alex left the 3D models for the case in the GitHub repo for anyone to print =>…
Where can I get the case? It is nice to see the hardware for a UI for a project but I want the case to put it into. It looks like the case…
Nice catch. I just fixed it. It should be pushed by the end of today to reflect the new firmware v01.00.02. ;D
Easy EDA does some wacky things if your doing a double sided board and you place different components on the same X and Y but on different…
In addition to KiCad, I've also used gEDA and [been ab]used [by] Eagle. gEDA was an "open source" solution, mainly used on Linux, but last I…
Great question! Yes, there is: at the top right-hand side of the designer you'll find a little file icon with a "G" on it that will allow…
What a cool thing 20 years! My first time seeing SparkFun was at MakerFaire in San Mateo, CA. So much fun talking and buying stuff, I wanted…