As a Digi International Value-Added Reseller (VAR) for OEMs, SparkFun brings the next generation of Digi XBee® modules to market with a line of developer boards. In addition to its line of development ...

For over a decade, SparkFun, a Boulder-based online retailer and education center for consumer electronic components, has been a creative launch pad for tech-influenced hobbyists. Now, with an ...

Electronics supplier SparkFun designs dozens of products a year and they haven't patented a single one. It's worked out pretty well so far. SparkFun is a DIY hardware supplier. It makes its living by ...

Ruffling retail: Seidle has a sales formula that suits engineers and hobbyists. That’s why SparkFun is no Circuit City. BY Rob Walker The last half-dozen or so years have not been kind to traditional ...

Creating prototypes is the norm for embedded developers and the latest tools make it easier than ever (see Tap New Technologies To Produce Practically Perfect Prototypes). One place to go for parts ...

Retailer SparkFun Electronics last month said it would no longer do business with electronics kit-maker Adafruit Industries, citing violations of SparkFun's Code of Conduct during online interactions.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In front of a pretty tough crowd, Niwot’s SparkFun Electronics won the praise of hackers when a robot built by the company’s founder cracked open a locked ...

Not since theMuppets band went to Hollywood has a tour been this electric. SparkFun, an online electronics manufacturer and retail company out of Boulder, Colorado, is running a Kickstarter to fund a ...

Way back in the before years when there were still interesting concepts for reality TV, Nate Seidle blew up a power supply in his dorm room. Instead of finding replacement parts, Nate decided to start ...

Think you can give Steve Jobs a run for his money in product design? Ponoko, which let’s you manufacture your own products from materials like timber, plastic and metal, has just announced a ...

The Denver Business Journal has recognized Sparkfun Electronics as the 2nd fastest growing company in the Denver area (in the $17.5-$46million class). This is fantastic news, not only for Sparkfun, ...