Latest SparkFun News Posts

17 Jan

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!

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16 Jan

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.

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16 Jan

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.

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12 Jan

15th Anniversary Sale

Discounts on some of the best products in SparkFun's history!

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11 Jan

Enginursday: Troubleshooting a Simple Problem

Sometimes troubleshooting requires you to think both literally and figuratively "outside the box."

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10 Jan

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.

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9 Jan

The Crystal Anniversary

A fun crystal-themed project in honor of SparkFun's 15th year.

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8 Jan

Tube Amps in the Age of Bluetooth Speakers

The convenience of advancing tech can kill a good nostalgia project...but it's not quite dead...

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5 Jan

Friday Product Post: Kit Up for 2018!

2018 is so shiny and new, just like these new Onion Omega kits and the SIK v4.0 Lab Pack!

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4 Jan

Enginursday: Atmel Studio 7 and Atmel START

Atmel Studio 7 supports a web-based design tool called START. We'll take a look at this design tool pair and the time to blink on a SAME54 Xplained board.

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