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  A Wild Rumpus Returns! I just realized I never posted this great summary video of last summer’s Wild Rumpus program here on the blog: This seems like a great opportunity to also remind you that this year’s Wild Rumpus begins next week! Each program will run from 5:00-7:30 p.m., starting June 24 and going … Source: Library MakersPublished on 2019-06-21By Library Makers Friday Product Post: Artemis Hello everyone, and welcome back to another Friday Product Post at SparkFun Electronics! … Read More

  Enginursday: Get Wired Up! We are hard at work getting a brand new product, that we are incredibly excited about, ready for release tomorrow! Unfortunately, this means we needed to write up a shorter Enginursday post this week to get everything ready for the Friday Product Post. Be sure to check back tomorrow, June … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2019-06-20By Bobby Chan Let’s “Electrify” a Korean Board Game This is a guest blog post by close SparkFun friend, Jackson … Read More

  Friday Product Post: gator:boards for micro:bit Hello everyone, and welcome back to another new product Friday! This week we have four brand new boards designed specifically to expand the capabilities of your micro:bit via a SparkFun gator:bit. These four unique boards include the gator: environment, gator:particle, gator:microphone and the gator:soil. Each is different in their own … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2019-06-14By Chris McCarty Enginursday: Aerofest 2019 On June 1st, the Longmont Innovation Center (IC) hosted their first Aerofest … Read More

  Friday Product Post: gator:boards for micro:bit Hello everyone, and welcome back to another new product Friday! This week we have four brand new boards designed specifically to expand the capabilities of your micro:bit via a SparkFun gator:bit. These four unique boards include the gator: environment, gator:particle, gator:microphone and the gator:soil. Each is different in their own … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2019-06-14By Chris McCarty Enginursday: Aerofest 2019 On June 1st, the Longmont Innovation Center (IC) hosted their first Aerofest … Read More

  APRS: Robust Wireless in an Age of IoT What is APRS? APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is data over a frequency-modulated bandwidth of 144.390, and has been around for 25 years – it’s an early form of the cell phone and internet network structure as we know it today. Much of the structure of APRS can be traced … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2019-06-11By Jeffrey Branson #PGHSTEM Spotlight: Mattie Collins-Wood Mattie Collins-Wood / Photo by Willy James Mattie Collins-Wood … Read More