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2 Oct

RGB Fiber Optics

Create an optical RS-232 link with an RGB LED and a color sensor.

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1 Oct

How to Electronics

New tutorials (newtorials?), courtesy of Dave and SparkFun's education department!

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28 Sep

New Product Friday: Product Power!

Friday means new products here at SparkFun. We've got a few things, so let's talk about what we've got!

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27 Sep

SparkFun Heading to Maker Faire New York!

If you see us out at Maker Faire in New York City, come say hi!

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26 Sep

SparkFun West Coast Tour 2012

We'll be headed west before you know it, so check out the latest details!

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25 Sep

How SparkFun Built Their Open Hardware Business

Check out this article from OpenSource.com

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24 Sep

Engineering Roundtable - Chris Taylor and Capacitive Sensing

Check out today's edition of "Engineering Roundtable."

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21 Sep

IP Obesity

When a company relies too much on their intellectual property they become intellectually unfit - they suffer from IP Obesity. There have been numerous companies in history that have had long periods of prosperity only to be quickly left behind when technology shifted. Cloners are gunna clone regardless of your business plan.

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21 Sep

New Product Friday: Time for New Stuff

We've got a few new products this week, so check out the goods and see if there's anything you can use.

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20 Sep

Testing LEDs quickly - a new tutorial!

Test your bare LEDs with a set of hacked tweezers - and don't worry about polarity!

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