Now's the time to bring your sustainability ideas to life!
Details from a project upgrading an old incandescent lamp to utilize addressable LEDs
SparkFun is supporting regional alternative transportation goals by making biking to work fun!
By recycling industrial waste, composting, donating materials to local educators and harnessing solar, we're getting greener every year.
Student team wins big for wasteless design incorporating Arduino
Students at Colorado School of Mines aim to maximize energy efficiency in model build
Upcycling manufacturing materials for student STEM projects
IoT can be leveraged for a more sustainable future. As makers, we can take action at home.
In this week's Enginursday, Joel shows off his aquatic turtle habitat, complete with an above-tank basking area, automated lighting, and an aquaponic feeding system.
A look into our awesome solar array and what it's doing for SparkFun.
Learn how data.sparkfun.com can help you not just collect data, but also use that data to make hypothesizes, see trends, and make adjustments to a variety of systems.
Check out this video tutorial for building your own soil moisture sensor.
Congratulations to our reused parts winner!
Show us what you can make out of reused parts!
How to hack a pathway light to make a soil moisture sensor.
The next chapter in the Raspberry Pi Aquaponics Time-laspe project.
How to create a simple and cheap time-lapse rig with the Raspberry Pi.
Joel shows us how to build a handheld pH sensor to regulate his aquaponics system.
Sorry for the confusion. The rules and information have been updated!
The announcement says "Tuesday, November 16th at 12:01 a.m. MST through Tuesday, November 24th at 11:59 p.m. MST" -- Uh, my calendar…
It sort of reminds me of the story about the teacher who asked the students to explain how to measure the height of the building using a…
Hey Rob, I really enjoyed your video about your candy throwing robot. What a great life you have!! Tis a privilege to live in Colorado! Keep…
Thanks for your comment! That's interesting to hear about how much variance LEDs used to have! I haven't actually tested how consistent our…
Hi Dryw! First, let me say that this is a really good idea! I wish I'd had this kit back in about 2013 when I was working at a small…
I'm really excited about SPE as a technology, especially when combined with IEEE1588 & PoDL, but man is it ever hard to find documentation…
Tools and cables are available from various vendors. Our partner on this project, Harting, has a range of tools, cables jacks. for our demo,…
SPE user "power-over-data-line" (PoDL) and supports 60W of power delivery.
Thanks! I didn't really think that your sale was going to begin in 2033, and end in 2038 -- by my calculations (may be off), the next time…