Latest SparkFun News Posts
SparkFun's Sustainability: A 15-Year Footprint
By recycling industrial waste, composting, donating materials to local educators and harnessing solar, we're getting greener every year.
6 Things We Learned from our Community Partnership Program in 2017
This month, SparkFun is celebrating the first anniversary of its Community Partnership Program.
Friday Product Post: Jack be Nimble, Jack be Qwiic
It's Friday, and we have two more fantastic Qwiic boards and two micro:bit learning kits to share!
Enginursday: Gesture-Reactive Wearable Fiber Optic
As Andrew finishes up his fiber optic light suit, he's adding in gesture control. Let's see how it works.
A Look Back: 15 Years of SparkFun and the Maker Movement
Take a look at this visual timeline illustrating SparkFun's 15-year history in the context of the maker movement and pop culture!
Tiny House Has Big Environmental, Educational Impact
After working hard to build the exterior of their energy-efficient model home, students at Colorado School of Mines start on the electrical system using SparkFun hardware.
A Look Back: What Were You Working On?
We reached out to some longtime customers and fans of SparkFun to see what they were working on 10-15 years ago.
Enginursday: Troubleshooting a Simple Problem
Sometimes troubleshooting requires you to think both literally and figuratively "outside the box."
Adventures in Science: Level Up Your Arduino Code with Registers
In order to use more advanced features or optimize our code for space and speed, we need to understand how to work with registers directly in microcontrollers.