Arduino Day is Coming!

This coming Saturday, March 28th, is Arduino Day - celebrate with us!

Arduino Day 2015

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!

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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.

Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz

DEV-11113
$10.95

Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHz

DEV-11114
$10.95

Arduino Uno - R3

DEV-11021
$27.60

Arduino Uno - R3 SMD

DEV-11224
$26.30

Arduino Pro 328 - 3.3V/8MHz

DEV-10914
$18.50

Arduino Pro 328 - 5V/16MHz

DEV-10915
Retired

SparkFun RedBoard - Programmed with Arduino

DEV-12757
Retired

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!

SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout - 3.3V

DEV-09873
$16.95

SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout - 5V

DEV-09716
$16.50

Breadboard - Self-Adhesive (White)

PRT-12002
$5.50

Break Away Headers - Straight

PRT-00116
$1.75

SparkFun XBee Shield

WRL-12847
$18.50

Arduino and Breadboard Holder

DEV-11235
$4.95

SparkFun Music Instrument Shield

DEV-10587
$37.50

USB Cable A to B - 6 Foot

CAB-00512
$4.50

SparkFun microSD Shield

DEV-12761
$17.50

Arduino Stackable Header Kit

PRT-10007
$1.75

SparkFun Vernier Interface Shield

DEV-12858
Retired

SparkFun LiPower Shield

DEV-10711
Retired

SparkFun WiFly Shield

WRL-09954
Retired

SparkFun EL Escudo Dos

COM-10878
Retired

SparkFun Power Driver Shield Kit

DEV-10618
Retired

SparkFun PoEthernet Shield

DEV-10864
Retired

SparkFun OpenSegment Shield

DEV-13190
Retired

SparkFun RFM22 Shield - 434MHz

DEV-11018
Retired

SparkFun Weather Shield

DEV-12081
Retired

SparkFun Joystick Shield Kit

DEV-09760
Retired

SparkFun Touch Shield

DEV-12013
Retired

SparkFun TransmogriShield

DEV-11469
Retired

SparkFun MiniGen - Pro Mini Signal Generator Shield

BOB-11420
Retired

SparkFun Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield

DEV-09815
Retired

Modkit MotoProto Shield

DEV-10018
Retired

Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield Retail

RTL-09896
Retired

CAN-BUS Shield

DEV-10039
Retired

SparkFun Mini FET Shield

DEV-09627
Retired

SparkFun PWM Shield

DEV-10615
Retired

SparkFun Electric Imp Shield

DEV-12887
Retired

SparkFun MP3 Player Shield

DEV-10628
Retired

ProtoScrewShield

DEV-09729
Retired

SparkFun ProtoShield Kit

DEV-07914
Retired

SparkFun RFID Evaluation Shield - 13.56MHz

DEV-10406
Retired

SparkFun VoiceBox Shield

DEV-10661
Retired

SparkFun WiFi Shield - CC3000

DEV-12071
Retired

SparkFun MIDI Shield

DEV-09595
Retired

SparkFun USB Host Shield

DEV-09947
Retired

SparkFun Cellular Shield - SM5100B

CEL-09607
Retired

SparkFun MegaShield Kit

DEV-09346
Retired

SparkFun GPS Shield

GPS-10710
Retired

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!