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We know you love adding color to your e-textiles, adding the LilyPad Pixel Board to your project will only make it better. The pixel board is equipped with a WS2812 which is actually an RGB LED with a WS2811 built right into the LED! Several of these breakouts can be chained together to form a display or an addressable string.
LilyPad is a wearable technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. Each LilyPad was creatively designed to have large connecting pads to allow them to be sewn into clothing. Various input, output, power, and sensor boards are available. They’re even washable!
Available soon!
Continued flooding caused evacuations throughout the county, power outages and the closure of U.S. 36 on Thursday. Parts of most major roads in Boulder were also closed.
We were lucky to be part of a special event - our friend, 11-year-old Quin, hosted and taught an Intro to Arduino class for a group of his friends, and he even let us help a little.
Hackers In Residence
Nate and his crew of data-Pirate librarians will be taking up residence the 10-12th of February. Nate is the guy behind the Fourth Floor at Chattanooga Public Library. we'll be hosting them for a three day grudge match with hardware and software mayhem.
Too long have you suffered at the hem of shapeless, boxy t-shirts! Finally, we're stocking our popular SparkFun Tees in women's sizes. Wrap your torso with this stylish cotton shirt and Let your Geek shine!
For over 50 years, Hakko has been producing superior quality soldering and desoldering tools. They're dependable, a good value and they work really well! We use Hakko irons in production and we think they're great.
The FX-888 is essentially a re-design of the old standby Hakko 936 model, a soldering iron that's been cloned by everyone in the business. This iron, however, takes up 35% less surface area on your workbench than it's predecessor. Also, with improved thermal performance and recovery time, this iron will have no trouble keeping up with your soldering demands.