Latest SparkFun News Posts

7 Mar

6 Easy DIY Soft Components

Check out these techniques for making your very own soft electronic components!

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6 Mar

Meet the Makers Behind the CAN485 at AST in South Africa

How a couple of engineers' desire to bridge the gap between the industrial space and the maker movement created something new.

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5 Mar

According to Pete: Phase-Locked Loops

Without phase-locked loops, we’d all still be living in caves, just getting by with stone knives and bearskins.

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2 Mar

Friday Product Post: March CAN Come in Like a Lion

Yeah, the name of this Friday Product Post isn't necessarily the correct saying, but we are just too excited to announce the SparkFun AST-CAN485 Dev Board!

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1 Mar

Digital Handpan V2: The Touch Drum

SparkFun Engineer Joel plays a melody on the second version of the digital handpan, aka the Touch Drum.

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28 Feb

March is National Craft Month, and SparkFun is Joining the Party!

Get ready for a monthlong celebration of crafting with electronics!

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27 Feb

Surprise friendos, it's a caption contest!

Sometimes the best surprises are surprises to us, too.

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26 Feb

Behold: The SparkFun Custom Kit Marketplace

We've launched a new way for educators (or anyone, really) to tailor our products to their needs.

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23 Feb

Friday Product Post: Get a Load of This!

A new, handy Variable Load Kit, an LED "Neon" Flex Rope, three types of LED hookup connectors and new (cheaper) PLA filament for your 3D printer!

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22 Feb

Enginursday: BLE MIDI for the Tsunami!

Tsunami looping firmware is released, and connectable by MIDI. And why not MIDI BLE? It's done with the nRF52832 this week.

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