Private company
SparkFun Electronics
Logo: SparkFun Electronics from Boulder, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
American electronic components and hardware distributor and manufacturer
SparkFun Electronics (sometimes known by its abbreviation, SFE) is an electronics retailer in Niwot, Colorado, United States. It manufactures and sells microcontroller development boards and breakout boards.2 It employed 150 people in 2013.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryelectronics industry1
- HeadquartersNiwot1
- Websitewww.sparkfun.com
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SparkFun Electronics (sometimes known by its abbreviation, SFE) is an electronics retailer in Niwot, Colorado, United States. It manufactures and sells microcontroller development boards and breakout boards.2
Products and brands
- open hardware
Listed on Wikidata.1
Employees over time
- 20131501
Timeline
- 2003Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.sparkfun.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/sparkfun1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/SparkFun1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/sparkfun1
- WikipediaSparkFun Electronics
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7573609
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSparkFun Electronics on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSparkFun Electronics on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsSparkFun Electronics photo by SparkFun, CC BY 2.0