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October 15, 2019 09:00 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun® Electronics to Give Away 50 Sphero RVR™ Robots to Support STEM Education

Boulder, Colorado, Oct. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun Electronics is giving away five sets of ten Sphero RVR Robots to schools across the continental United States. Earlier this year,...
August 28, 2019 09:30 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun® Achieves FCC/IC/CE Mark Approval on First Open-Source, US-Manufactured BLE Module

Boulder, Colorado, Aug. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun’s Artemis module has earned Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Industry Canada (IC), and Conformité Européenne (CE) mark...
August 15, 2019 09:30 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Works with NVIDIA to Release Two New Kits: JetBot AI Kit Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Nano and a Materials Kit for NVIDIA’s “Getting Started on AI with Jetson Nano.”

Boulder, Colorado, Aug. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun Electronics® is pleased to announce the release of the JetBot AI Kit powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Nano and the Course Materials Kit...
June 21, 2019 09:20 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Electronics® Releases First Open-Source, U.S.-Manufactured Embedded Systems Module

Boulder, Colorado, June 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun Electronics’ SparkX division, led by founder Nathan Seidle, has released the company’s first open-source, embedded-systems...
April 01, 2019 09:00 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Electronics® Releases SparkFun Edge—the Ultra-Low Power Development Board for Machine Learning using TensorFlow Lite

Boulder, CO, April 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The SparkFun Edge, a new development board powered by Apollo3 from Ambiq, is now shipping from SparkFun.com. The SparkFun Edge was created in...
March 22, 2019 10:34 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Electronics Announces Release of Autonomous Robotics Expansion Kits for the Sphero RVR

Boulder, CO, March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, SparkFun Electronics® announced the presale availability of the Basic and Advanced Autonomous Kits for the Sphero® RVR for shipping early fall....
January 24, 2019 10:31 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Electronics® Launches Nationwide micro:bit® Tour to Help Districts Jumpstart Hands-On STEM Learning

Boulder, Colo., Jan. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun Education is hosting a series of free workshops around the country to introduce STEM educational leaders to the micro:bit. The workshops,...
October 06, 2017 11:36 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Launches LilyPad Expansion to Celebrate a Decade of Innovation in Sewable Electronics

Boulder, Colo., Oct. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the LilyPad (www.sparkfun.com/lilypad) sewable electronics ecosystem, SparkFun is releasing the...
October 04, 2017 12:00 ET | Source: SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun’s Annual Combat Robot Tournament Grows to Third Largest in the World

Boulder, Colo., Oct. 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SparkFun AVC 2017, an event that includes a combat robotics tournament and an autonomous vehicle race, will welcome nearly 200 teams to Denver,...