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

2003Founded1
SparkFun Inventor's Kit, v4.0
Photo: SparkFun, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

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

  1. 2003Founded Founded1

Sources

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