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  Friday Product Post: Get Your Kit On! This Friday we have a brand new soldering kit for beginners that teaches you how to make a flashlight, just in time for Halloween! We also have the new Soft Circuits Kit from ChickTech that covers the basics of e-textiles and wearables, an updated version of the OpenMV, two antennas … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2018-10-12By Chris McCarty Announcing the CSforALL 2018 Commitments from the Pittsburgh region CSforALL is a hub for … Read More

  Details from a Revision: the ACS712 Boards As a member of the Quality Control team, I am most often helping usher new PCB designs to the storefront ASAP, but on special occasions like this, I get to act as the primary engineer on a revision! What started as a simple “drop-in replacement” (famous last words) became quite … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2018-10-11By Eric Orosel Flashlight Kit Flashlight Kit a learn.sparkfun.com tutorial Available online at: http://sfe.io/t811 Introduction The Flashlight … Read More

  Distance Sensing: How Far Is It? If you have a SparkFun Inventor’s Kit and have worked your way through all of the experiments, then you’ve already worked with a proximity sensor. But what if you’re ready to move on, and are looking to do more than make sure your cool little robot can keep from running … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2018-10-08By Rob Reynolds Friday Product Post: Like a Pro! This week we are happy to announce that the … Read More

  Friday Product Post: Like a Pro! This week we are happy to announce that the SparkFun Pro RF is in full production and looking good in red, bringing a new option for LoRa-based projects to the masses! We also released the new Qwiic-enabled SparkFun GPS-RTK Board earlier in the week, providing you with a highly accurate … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2018-10-05By Chris McCarty Enginursday: Supplier Spotlight on Weller Tools As “Parts Hunter” here at SparkFun, I have the … Read More

  Time-Saving Sale is on! SparkFun was started to make life easier for professionals, hobbyists and tinkerers. This month we want to celebrate that by cutting prices on boards that help make your projects move a bit faster. Breakout boards are the cornerstone of what we do; we take … Source: Sparkfun NewsPublished on 2018-10-02By Adam Swetlik According to Pete: Digital Circuits Greetings, and welcome to October! Big news: We’re giving away an Analog Discover 2 USB oscilloscope. Watch this … Read More