Latest SparkFun News Posts

29 Apr

Insanity of Scale

We <i>accidentally</i> stepped on an SD card, and what we found inside mystifies me.

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28 Apr

TrampoLine Musical Instrument

Cass emailed us about an interesting, nicely polished, new musical instrument created by a student team in the United Kingdom.

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25 Apr

Wanna see something neat?

I love it when I hear this in the office. Every once and awhile we get to hear from a SparkFun customer who is working on something phenomenal. Most recently, Aaron our tech support guru forwarded me an email from Jared, a customer using the GeoChron in a unique way.

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24 Apr

Hey! We're Going to Maker Faire

We'll be at Maker Faire next week, Friday 5/2 to Sunday 5/4. If you're anywhere near San Francisco or San Mateo, you should swing by the SparkFun booth! We're bringing things... Blinky things. And some fun stuff too.

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22 Apr

Acclerometer Etchasketch

It's probably been done a few times before, but it's really neat to be able to control an Etchasketch with a couple accelerometers.

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21 Apr

Rotary Potentiometers

It's like a capacitive rotary dial with the need for sensitive ICs! The Softpot Rotary from Spectrasymbol is the latest of a handful of new potentiometers.

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18 Apr

Nordic Coaster

Oh PCB layout. How you spite thee. What's a coaster you ask? A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beermat">coaster </a>is something that sits under a coffee mug (or beer glass) and prevents the vessel on top from leaving a visible ring on a table. It's also a name for a completely screwed up PCB.

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16 Apr

What We Working On?

The <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8635">electret mics</a> we sell work great, but often need some amplification to be able to hook an analog audio signal to a micro.

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4 Apr

Find a cold one

1, 2, 3,... 19 new things to post. We are really excited about so many of these, it's hard to choose where to start.

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2 Apr

BatchPCB on Nuts and Volts

Have you seen the latest edition of <a href="http://www.nutsvolts.com/">Nuts and Volts</a>?

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