Latest SparkFun News Posts
Meet SparkPNT, Officially This Time
From SparkX Project to Independent Company, SparkPNT launches with a growing family of field-ready GNSS and timing products.
Pressing Our Buttons
Ever curious what (almost) every button in our catalogue sounds like? Listen for yourself!
College of Eastern Idaho Hosts Ag Tech Robotics Challenge Featuring the AgXRP!
Organized in partnership with the University of Idaho Extension, the free event focused on agriculture technology, coding, and problem-solving.
Why Your USB Serial Data Looks Like Garbage (And How to Fix It)
When you’re wiring together fast embedded systems (like an ESP32 feeding data into a Teensy 4.1) it’s easy to assume USB will “just work.” After all, USB is fast. Way faster than UART, right?
Ooh! What Does That Button Do?
Today, we add two new items to our list of the most crucial electronic components: buttons!
Teensy Enclosures and Other Community Created 3D Print Files
As we’ve been spending time in the PJRC forum and broader Teensy community, it is clear that users are looking for 3D printable parts to support their Teensy projects. Teensy users have built an expansive library of 3D print files for Teensy - enclosures, mounting systems, robotics hardware, audio project parts, and many more.
Build Something Awesome: The WPI XRP Medal Challenge Is Here
What else could the XRP robot become? That’s the question behind the WPI XRP Medal Challenge—and we would love to see how you answer it. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in collaboration with SparkFun, DigiKey, Raspberry Pi, 3D Printing Nerd, and Experiential, is inviting builders of all kinds—hobbyists, students, robotics teams—to push the limits of the Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP).
