Arduino Day is Coming!
This coming Saturday, March 28th, is Arduino Day - celebrate with us!
Arduino has been an undeniable force that has helped power the Maker Movement and the DIY electronics community for a decade. Countless projects and builds have an Arduino development board at their heart. So it is with a hefty dose of geeky glee that we announce our participation in Arduino Day 2015!
Arduino Day is an international event inviting people to share projects, stories and get involved with electronics. We've got a few things planned that we are very excited about - we hope you can join us!
First, to kick off the event, we've partnered with Atmel and their "Tech on Tour" initiative to bring some awesome workshops to SparkFun the day before Arduino Day, March 27th, 2015. Atmel will be on site at SparkFun from 8am to 4pm, doing presentations, demoing cool Arduino-powered robots, and hosting workshops about the new Arduino Zero.
SparkFun will be selling some Arduino and Arduino Compatible boards on the truck, at the Arduino Day sale prices (a sale, you say? More on that below!). We'll are also providing Atmel with some raffle prizes which they will give away during the day.
The Tech On Tour event is free and open to the public -- but we do ask that you register ASAP so we can have an idea of how many people to expect. This is Atmel's second time coming by SparkFun, and if it's any thing like the first, it's going to be awesome!
Now on to the sale! On Arduino Day itself, starting at 12:01 a.m. MDT 3/28/2015 and running until 11:59:59 p.m. MDT 3/28/2015, we're offering heavy discounts on some of our favorite Arduino and Arduino-compatible boards and Arduino accessories. So what's on sale? Let's take a look...
First, the ubiquitous disclaimer -
Please remember: all sales are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! That means no backorders. Arduino and Arduino-compatible boards have a limit of two per customer (that means two of each product - not two total). Note, also, that some of these products are showing out-of-stock, but will be in stock day of.
DEV-11113
SparkFun's minimal design approach to Arduino. This is a 5V Arduino running the 16MHz bootloader.
DEV-11114
SparkFun's minimal design approach to Arduino. This is a 3.3V Arduino running the 8MHz bootloader.
DEV-11021
This is the new Arduino Uno R3. In addition to all the features of the previous board, the Uno now uses an ATmega16U2 instead…
DEV-11224
This is the new Arduino Uno R3. In addition to all the features of the previous board, the Uno now uses an ATmega16U2 instead…
DEV-10914
It's blue! It's skinny! It's the Arduino Pro! SparkFun's minimal design approach to Arduino. This is a 3.3V Arduino running t…
DEV-10915
It's blue! It's skinny! It's the Arduino Pro! SparkFun's minimal design approach to Arduino. This is a 5V Arduino running the…
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DEV-12757
At SparkFun we use many Arduinos and we're always looking for the simplest, most stable one. Each board is a bit different an…
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So, for the Arduino and Arduino compatible boards, we're going to have Arduino Pros (both 3.3V and 5.5V) for $9.95. Uno's (both SMD and regular ol' R3) are going to be going for a hot $19.95. Pro Mini's (of the 3.3 and 5V variety) are gonna go for $6.95.
Finally, we'll have SparkFun RedBoards, a dev board that combines our favorite features of several Arduinos into one tidy package, going for $14.95! **Please remember: All sales are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! That means no backorders.
Is that all? Not...even...close! Here are all the other awesome products that are going to be running at discounts. These products have the same rules about while supplies last and no backorders, but there is no limit on how many you can grab - have at 'em!
DEV-09873
This is the newest revision of our [FTDI Basic](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/8772). We now use a SMD 6-pin heade…
DEV-09716
This is a basic breakout board for the FTDI FT232RL USB to serial IC. The pinout of this board matches the FTDI cable to work…
PRT-12002
This is your tried and true white solderless breadboard. It has 2 power buses, 10 columns, and 30 rows - a total of 400 tie i…
WRL-12847
The SparkFun XBee Shield mates directly with any dev board that has an Arduino standard footprint and equips it with wireless…
PRT-00116
A row of headers - break to fit. 40 pins that can be cut to any size. Used with custom PCBs or general custom headers.
DEV-11235
We've been prototyping for a long time on these awesome little plastic plates but it's time for an upgrade. This version stil…
DEV-10587
Do you ever wish your Arduino was more musically talented? Or maybe your project could use some cool sound effects. The Spark…
DEV-12761
Running out of memory space in your Arduino project? The SparkFun microSD Shield equips your Arduino with mass-storage capabi…
CAB-00512
This is a standard issue USB 2.0 cable. This is the most common A to B Male/Male type peripheral cable, the kind that's usual…
PRT-10007
These headers are made to work with the Arduino Main Board, Arduino Pro, and the Arduino Mega. They are the perfect height fo…
GPS-10710
Adding GPS to your Arduino has never been easier. Multiple GPS receivers attach easily to the shield, and with the SparkFun G…
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DEV-10711
Is there anything an Arduino can't do? Well, for one, most of them can't be powered directly from a 3.7V LiPo battery; much l…
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COM-10878
We've heard you, and made a number of improvements to our EL Shield. The new version adds zero-crossing optoisolated triacs f…
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DEV-10618
This shield allows you to use a computer power supply (or other power source) to use your Arduino to switch high current. Wit…
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DEV-10864
Ethernet connectivity is a great way to get your Arduino talking to other systems all over the world (or at least the network…
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DEV-13190
We love 7-segment displays and we know you do too, so we have made the easiest (arguably) to use medium for you to get up and…
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DEV-11018
The RFM22 is a low-cost ISM FSK transceiver module which offers communication at 433MHz ISM and adjustable output power of up…
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DEV-12081
The Weather Shield is an easy to use Arduino shield that grants you access to barometric pressure, relative humidity, luminos…
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DEV-09760
The SparkFun Joystick Shield Kit contains all the parts you need to enable your Arduino with a joystick! The shield sits on t…
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DEV-12858
This is the SparkFun Vernier Interface Shield, a simple add-on to give your Arduino the capability to interface with Vernier …
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DEV-12013
The MPR121QR2 IC is a great way to build simple capacitive touch interfaces, and now it's even easier to incorporate into you…
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DEV-11469
The Arduino Leonardo arrived on the scene to great applause. This was followed by the creeping realization that, because of t…
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BOB-11420
This is the SparkFun MiniGen Signal Generator, a small shield for the Arduino Pro Mini that is capable of generating sine, sq…
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DEV-09815
This is a motor shield for Arduino that will control two DC motors. Based on the L298 H-bridge, the SparkFun Ardumoto can dri…
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DEV-10018
The Modkit MotoProto Shield for Arduino that makes it easy to connect up to 4 sensors and control two DC motors as well as a …
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RTL-09896
www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/DevTools/Arduino/Ardumoto_test_3.pde
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DEV-10039
This shield gives the Arduino CAN-Bus capability. It uses the Microchip MCP2515 CAN controller with MCP2551 CAN transceiver. …
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DEV-09627
Developed by Dave Vondle and IDEO Labs, this board is essentially the same as our Power Driver Shield, but the through-hole p…
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DEV-10615
This is the Arduino shield version of our TLC5940 Breakout. The SparkFun PWM Shield will allow you to generate up to 16 PWM s…
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DEV-12887
If you aren't familiar with the Electric Imp, it essentially provides an easy, integrated way to connect almost any hardware …
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DEV-10628
This new revision of the SparkFun MP3 player shield retains the awesome MP3 decoding abilities of the last version but adds t…
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DEV-09729
The ScrewShield extends all pins of the Arduino out to 3.5mm pitch screw terminals. It also has a lot of the utility provided…
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DEV-07914
Riding on the waves of the very popular Arduino USB board is this small prototyping shield. Originally spawned with collabora…
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DEV-10406
This board is an evaluation platform for the SM130 RFID module. It includes an XBee header, PCB trace antenna, and has the la…
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DEV-10661
The SparkFun VoiceBox Shield can be mounted on top of your Arduino board to give it access to all of the capabilities of the …
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DEV-12071
This is a shield for the CC3000 WiFi Module. The CC3000 from TI (Texas Instruments) is a self-contained wireless network proc…
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DEV-09595
The SparkFun MIDI Shield board gives your Arduino access to the antiquated, but still widely used and well supported [MIDI co…
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DEV-09947
This new version corrects the pin out for the GPX and RESET pins. The SparkFun USB Host Shield contains all of the digital lo…
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WRL-09954
This new version breaks out the PI09, FORCE WAKE, and the hardware reset lines. It also has a different crystal and uses the …
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DEV-09346
The Arduino Mega now has its very own prototyping shield! The SparkFun MegaShield mates with the Arduino Mega board and gives…
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CEL-09607
**D****escription: **The Cellular Shield for Arduino includes all the parts needed to interface your Arduino with an [SM5100B…
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Phew, that's a lot! We hope there is something on there that tickles your fancy...and don't forget to join us either March 27th for Atmel's visit or the 28th for our Arduino Day Sale!
