There was a time when working on home automation projects meant committing to a specific ecosystem. But with the recent introduction of Matter — an open-source protocol that enables seamless communication between IoT devices — you now have more options. Join Elektor, SparkFun, and Silicon Labs on August 24, 2023 for an insightful webinar, "A Matter of Collaboration: Developing with the Thing Plus Matter Board and Simplicity Studio."

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Join us on June 8th at 10am Mountain Time for a webinar about 10BASE-T1L Single-Pair Ethernet (SPE). SPE significantly improves your ability to acquire and transmit data quickly and reliably and represents a major leap in technology to support automation, reduce costs, and improve data transmission.

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Learn all about how to use implement enterprise-grade safety systems for large-scale factories using computer vision and machine learning with this workshop - now available without registering.

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Events from the virtual global forum are now available for anyone to watch!

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SparkFun heads to Chicago this week to attend the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting.

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Join us February 10th and let's put LEDs in EVERYTHING.

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A recap of our Let It Glow e-card crafting class and our trip to Maine teaching at Berwick Academy.

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Come learn at SparkFun!

Be the master of your own electronics destiny with the help of our workshops!

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Want the coolest Halloween costume around? This is the class for you.

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Don't forget, this weekend is the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition.

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SparkFun gets invited to the White House Maker Faire!

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The final post about the SparkFun East Coast tour!

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Check out our recap from week two of our East Coast tour!

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Check out our recap from week one of our East Coast tour!

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