Great experience with Sparkfun My experience with Sparkfun is so good because they always have excellent tutorials and code examples for the gear I buy from them. Although my applications are often unique, their stuff is practically plug and play.

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.

SparkFun is my preferred parts and… SparkFun is my preferred parts and component supplier. Part of the goodness comes from the fact that I can get stuff in a day or two (I live in Arvada Colorado). My only complaint is occasionally they'll use a complex part whose manual is covered under an NDA from the manufacturer. This makes it difficult to impossible to open source my code that uses it.

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

It's better than Popular Electronics Magazine Enjoy reading about the latest new technology offering that brings high technology to the hobbyist at a reasonable price. Even though I may not want it just now, I could get it if I wanted to!