Overview
Open-source electronics retailer and manufacturer; sensors, microcontrollers, and robotics components for makers and education.
Reality check
XRP robotics platform (company-claimed)
SparkFun manufactures the Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP), an open robotics education ecosystem; it moved out of beta into full production.
XRP uses (company-claimed)
Pitched for schools, after-school programs, summer camps and corporate-community use, with hardware, programming modules and a technical forum.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Business
Data & sources
Web sources
5
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company SparkFun Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Alchitry1× joint
- 2PJRC1× joint
Most recent
SparkFun Electronics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nathan Seidle Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Nathan Seidleno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for SparkFun Electronics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SparkFun Electronics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names SparkFun Electronics.
People (1)
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company SparkFun Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Alchitry1× joint
- 2PJRC1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- SparkFun x AlchitrywithAlchitrymanufacturing—operating
- SparkFun x PJRC TeensywithPJRCmanufacturing—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (5)
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SparkFun Electronics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SparkFun Electronics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
XRP: Robotics for all, or how an LSM6DSOX guides new generations to embedded systems engineering
SparkFun Electronics Partners with 3D Printing Nerd
SparkFun Electronics launches GNSS RTK module for positioning accuracy
Open Source Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Kit Now Available for Pre-Order
Now Available: Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Kit - Beta, the Premier Introduction to Robotics and STEM
National Robotics Week – Apr. 3, 2027
NVIDIA Launches Updated Teaching Kit for Edge AI and Robotics Educators
RPi Zero W based robot kits offer pan-tilt cam, GPS, and ToF sensing
Founder of Niwot-based SparkFun uses robot to crack open safe live at security event Def Con
Robot cracks open safe live on Def Con's stage
Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Drones And Robots Come Out To Play At Sparkfun’s 6th Annual Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sparkfun.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sparkfun/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5534adb4-85d2-449f-aa69-0ec737c8140f
- Revision history: /companies/sparkfun/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
SparkFun Electronics draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026