2019 was a huge year for us, and we thank each and every one of you for it!
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As a reminder, SparkFun will be closed on Wednesday, January 1. We will reopen at 9 a.m. MT on January 2. Happy New Year from all of us at SparkFun Electronics!
Today is the last day of 2019. We decided to look back at some of what we accomplished this year, and which products you loved most. It's hard to accept that the year is already over (I could barely believe how long ago some 2019 product releases were), because so much happened that made it special.
It was a year of firsts for SparkFun! We began 2019 with a month of new Qwiic® Ecosystem products, including the RedBoard Qwiic, Turbo and GPS-RTK2. Even though the SparkFun Qwiic Ecosystem has been around since 2017, we are now just shy of 100 unique boards, kits and components. If you're curious what products are available as of today, check out our full Qwiic Ecosystem PDF.
Machine learning also made a huge impact in 2019. We released our first machine learning board supported by TensorFlow with the SparkFun Edge, and our first artificial intelligence robotics kit with the JetBot AI Kit with Jetson Nano.
We also created the world's first open source, FCC-certified BLE module with Artemis! We made an individual, mass-market ready module able to be used from prototype to final product, as well as carrier boards with Arduino Uno R3, Arduino Nano, Arduino Mega and Feather-compatible footprints. Heck, we even released a limited-edition SnowBoard version for the holidays!
In September, we collaborated with CU Boulder and Denver Public Schools to create the gator:science Kit for micro:bit, funded by the National Science Foundation. This is an awesome sensor kit that gives students a launch pad to start learning about electronics and data from their environment.
To round out the year, we released our first RISC-V boards with the RED-V RedBoard and RED-V Thing Plus boards, making them one of the most inexpensive and powerful RISC-V boards on the market!
So what did our customers think of our products? These were the top 20 products of 2019, based on quantities purchased.
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DEV-15162
The SparkFun gator:bit is an all-in-one “carrier” board for your micro:bit that provides you with a fully functional deve…
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KIT-15267
The fourth edition of our popular SIK, fully reworked from the ground up for a better learning experience! V4.1 now has the a…
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DEV-15170
The SparkFun Edge Development Board powered by TensorFlow is perfect begin using voice recognition without relying on the ser…
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KIT-15365
Utilize this kit to turn your Jetson Nano into a mobile machine with things like object following, collision avoidance via th…
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DEV-15123
The SparkFun RedBoard Qwiic is an Arduino-compatible development board with a built in Qwiic connector, eliminating the need …
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DEV-15443
The RedBoard Artemis Nano is a miniature extremely versatile implementation of the Artemis module.
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DEV-15444
The RedBoard Artemis takes the incredibly powerful Artemis module from SparkFun and wraps it up in an easy to use and familia…
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WRL-15484
The Artemis Module from SparkFun is the first FCC certified, open-source, Cortex-M4F with BLE 5.0 running up to 96MHz and wit…
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KIT-15228
The SparkFun Inventor’s Kit (SIK) for micro:bit is a great way to get creative, connected and coding with the micro:bit.
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SEN-15242
The SparkFun Qwiic Scale - NAU7802 is a small breakout board for the NAU7802 that allows you to easily read load cells to mea…
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PRT-15353
The SparkFun Nano Power Timer will run while only consuming minimal power (approximately 35nA) and turn your project on after…
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DEV-15165
The SparkFun Qwiic MP3 Trigger takes care of all the necessary requirements for playing sound files, all you need to do is se…
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COM-15208
The SparkFun Buck-Boost Converter is a handy power accessory board that allows you to fine tune the amount of power your proj…
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PRT-15217
The SparkFun LiPo Charger Plus is the suped-up power option in the SparkFun line of single-cell lithium polymer (LiPo) batter…
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DEV-15164
The SparkFun Qwiic OpenLog can store, or "log", huge amounts of serial data and act as a black box of sorts all over I2C.
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GPS-15210
The SparkFun SAM-M8Q GPS Breakout is a high quality GPS board with equally impressive configuration options.
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COM-15093
The SparkFun Qwiic Single Relay provides you with the easiest to use relay yet, handling up to 5.5A at 240VAC for long period…
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BOB-15439
Different parts sometimes use different voltage levels to communicate. This PCA9306 Level Translator can be the key to making…
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LCD-15173
The SparkFun Qwiic Transparent Graphical OLED Breakout allows you to display custom images on a transparent screen using eith…
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DEV-14812
If you’re ready to step up your Arduino game from older 8-bit/16MHz microcontrollers, the SparkFun RedBoard Turbo is a form…
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Like we said, it has been huge year for us and we didn't even cover all of the prototyped products created in SparkX, the contests and giveaways we held or the partnerships we formed.
So what's in store for 2020? We plan to create even more dedicated pages to the topics that interest you most, like the Engineering Essentials, All About LEDs, Building GPS Systems, Distance Sensing and Python pages released this year. We will continue to expand our ever growing Qwiic Ecosystem. Most of all, we plan to continue to innovate new and exciting products for you. Trust us, we have a lot more planned that we can't share just yet, but we expect it to be a monumentally impactful year for us, and for our customers and community.
Let us know what your highlights of the year were. What products, posts and tutorials did you love? What was your favorite Rob video? Ours was his Top Gun tribute! We'll see you next year, and thank you for your ongoing support!