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Kamiquasi on COM-11751 - LED String Lights - White (10M)

A close-up shot of small knife, like a box cutter, stripping off insulation from one of the small wires. Why? No idea :D

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RobertC. on PRT-11864 - Deans Connector - M/F Pair

we’re mind readers, and time travelers. SparkFun, carrying stuff before you ask for it!

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EvilGenius121 on AVC 2013 recap

The trick is to make an autonomous robot so well that it will go to AVC and compete without you there :)

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Lefty4000 on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

I got one of these a while back! They really are awesome. (No flame war over the awesome nail polish this time please. Its pretty cool)

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Kratz on Leap Motion Teardown

While that chip is mainly a USB chip, the datasheet still shows it as containing a 200Mhz ARM processor with 16KB of instruction memory that can be programmed. So there may still be some processing...

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172pilot on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

This is GREAT!! I’ve had three of these on order for about a year, since I first heard of this device, and I just got an email today saying they intend to ship next week.. You have saved me from...

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KanyonKris on SEN-00245 - One Wire Digital Temperature Sensor - DS18B20

Is the outdoor sensor in sunlight? If so it will get warmer than the surrounding air. Put the sensor in the shade. Weather stations use a vented, white enclosure to keep sunlight off the temperature...

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Customer #450097 on DEV-11287 - Arduino Wi-Fi Shield

can i use it to practice some dsp projects?

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172pilot on AVC 2013 recap

Now THAT sounds like the best category yet.. The robot that attended alone, from the farthest distance.. :–)

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RoHS on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

Oh man, so much I could say on this little device…Excellent teardown. Way to be awesome as usual.

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Mechcondrid on PRT-09759 - Solar Panel - 10W

can these be put in series to output at least 12-14 volts?

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Customer #252418 on COM-11311 - Toggle Switch and Cover - Illuminated (Green)

Can the cover protect the switch in the ON position or does closing the cover automatically switch it to OFF? I realize you could wire it the other way, but then would the cover need to be slightly...

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Stark13 on Leap Motion Teardown

From what was in the tear-down, the processor is most likely there to provide the front end filtering and data processing. My guess is to establish a predictable, usable, streamlined data packet to...

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RocketGuy on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

I preordered as well, can’t wait!

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Customer #450114 on SEN-11792 - Fingerprint Scanner - TTL (GT-511C3)

Any idea if it can be used with Raspberry Pi? Any library/sdks?

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ErikdS on SEN-10724 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - Sensor Stick

Does any one have working Arduino software for this board???

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RobertEly on COM-11694 - Silicon Nitride Igniter - 12V

Can these be run continuously? I’ve been looking for a small powerful heater.

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kurtnelle on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

Good job Sparkfun! But next time X-Ray the device as well.

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daldrich on BOB-09169 - Breakout Board for AD9835 Signal Generator

What voltage regulators are used on the board?

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Customer #40399 on Engineer Thursday - Tearing Apart the Leap Motion

Already pre-purchased a couple of these babies, can’t wait to do some hacking of my own!

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