Every Student and Professor Should Bookmark this Page

Millions of engineering students and professors visit our site. Why? Beyond hardware, they access the crazy resources we have created and collected. The following will help you survive while you get your degree or will provide resources to add to your curriculum or pass along to students.

Resource Library - Guides, Tutorials, Videos, and Libraries

We are a steadfast open-source-hardware company. As part of this commitment, we document everything. Many students have found the wide array of SparkFun documentation helpful over the years - from guides, to tutorials, to videos, to Eagle and GitHub libraries, to schematics, and posters. We will continue to grow this library, as it has come to be one of the highest valued assets we deliver to our community.

According to Pete

Pete Delves Deep into Common Engineering Questions and Concepts

According to PeteWho’s Pete? Formerly Director of Engineering, Pete is now Brand Ambassador for SparkFun Electronics and hosts the "According to Pete" video series expounding on various engineering principles. Pete favors working in dark places to a soundtrack of psychedelic space rock, enjoys building/flying drones and rocking out on guitar.

Adventures in Science

Shawn Makes Abstract Engineering Concepts More Concrete

Shawn from Adventures in ScienceWho’s Shawn? Shawn is an Electrical Engineer working on the next generation of open source tools. He is a former member of the SparkFun Marketing and Communications team where he showcased new products, built interesting projects, and created online videos that teach people about electronics. He can be found giving talks, running workshops, and swing dancing in his free time.