One Stop Shop for Electronic Prototypes Sparkfun is an excellent source of educational and prototype electronic goods. They are a distributor and manufacturer you can trust for small batch prototypes. Rather than prototype my own boards from scratch, I often start with a Sparkfun assembly and then branch out later. Sparkfun is a one stop shop for most of your IoT electronics needs.

Good documentation for your products Good documentation for your products And the documentation can (almost) always be found right from the page the product/part is order from.

Effective support Like the quick response to orders placed and the options offered to assist in product development and manufacturing.

Sparkfun has one of the best tutorial… Sparkfun has one of the best tutorial systems and data sheets available of all DIY electronics suppliers. Which makes it great for new tinkerers to learn.

Home Hobbyist Kudos to SparkFun Sparkfun has a very complete selection of products from processors, sensors, relays, control boards, etc for the home hobbyist or the professional designer. Products have always met or exceeded my expectations. Their Web site provides fantastic documentation for setting up and using must of their devices. And the YouTube videos are excellent resource and usually entertaining as well. If I were 20+ years old I would beg to work for this company.