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Hello, everyone! We hope you’ve had an awesome week. It’s been pretty busy here as we’ve been getting ready to show off these fantastic new products! Today we have three unique, conductive EeonTex fabrics, as well as a new Serial Basic Breakout. Let...

At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we again had the opportunity to witness how much the ideas behind open source are changing industries outside of software. I say this because open source hardware was much in evidence at this...

The SparkFun Serial Basic Breakout is an easy-to-use USB-to-Serial adapter based on the CH340G IC from WCH. It works with 5V and 3.3V systems and should auto install on most operating systems without the need for additional drivers. The Serial Basic...

Director’s Thoughts, MARCH, 2017 My Old Car Every inch of you, I know by heart Every nut and bolt, Every greasy part; You’ve been with me, Through thick and thin Sometimes I thought, You’d never start again; But with a kind word, And a stroke of...

Engineering has changed and improved our lives in many ways. From the world’s most impressive constructions such as the Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal, the Channel Tunnel, The Great Wall of China and the Pyramids to the bridges, roads and renewable...