Latest SparkFun News Posts

8 Aug

According to Pete: How WiFi Works

Pete digs into WiFi for a broad, hardware-ish level explanation of how it all works.

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7 Aug

Adventures in Science: Using a Magnetometer as a Compass

We can use digital magnetic field detectors as a compass to give our robot an absolute heading.

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4 Aug

Friday Product Post: Divide and Conquer!

Today, a new IoT solution, a digital voltmeter and a tough load cell!

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3 Aug

Enginursday: Fiber Optic Light Suit

A wearable fiber optic light suit that responds to user gestures.

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2 Aug

Hardware Hump Day: The Great Ceramic 3D Printer Experiment

Follow along as Feldi attempts to build a Ceramic 3D Printer using OS plans she found online.

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1 Aug

AVC 2017 Partners (& Prizes!)

We're announcing the folks who are helping us making this year's AVC the best AVC!

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1 Aug

And the winner is...

Check out the prizes for this year's AVC champions!

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31 Jul

Adventures in Science: How GPS Works

Let's gaze upward and look at how some of those nifty satellites can give us position data.

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28 Jul

Friday Product Post: Watt's Up, Doc?

A new all-in-one meter with a catchy name, another book written by SparkFun and a well-deserved revision.

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27 Jul

Getting Started with MicroPython

The micro:bit is an awesome piece of tiny hardware, and I just wanted to make sure we gave you another programming environment with which to play.

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