News and Updates

Snow is gently blanketing the landscape in the Northern Hemisphere, fires are being built in the hearth, and WE ARE SO EXCITED! We are also very thankful to each and every one of our campaign backers, store customers, and partners. We wish you all a warm holiday season and we've got some great ne...

Ah Thanksgiving, our favorite US holiday. We love taking time to sit around the table to give thanks for what we have, and dodge awkward questions from extended family. So before your uncle that you only see once a year starts lecturing about how he paid his way through college by washing windows...

On this month's episode of The GroupGets Laboratory, Particle Squared empowers Audio-Mothra and Radar-zilla to team up and defeat the new Lepton Breakout Board, and the VM5G swarm. AudioMoth Round 8 and Spark X A111 breakout board campaigns are also just about to close.

Come one, come all, to The Great Score at the GroupGets Store! Two of our hottest products are back in stock and one of them rhymes with sloth. We have a new lower price on the tiniest of PureThermals, and even though we're plugging the store today, we've got some heartwarming hardware group buy ...

This month's newsletter is a technological clash of the titans, we’ve got AudioMoth, we’ve got 60GHz radar from SparkX, and we’ve got thermal video on the interwebs.

We've got horses, we've got code, and we don't have rights to the song so don't expect lyrics. What we do have though are some recently closed and updated group buys for hot hardware.

The boards are back in town! Summer is here and we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of the best hardware that is available in our store now.

Quick news and updates. We've got a special offer for a GAP8 AI-capable camera kit. There's only a day left for the LoStik LoRa/LoRaWAN USB stick GroupGet. J&J Studios has three new boards targeted at anyone wanting to press the easy button to get sensor data. We just finished shipping out LoFive...

Everybody’s favorite audio logger with a purpose is back for Round 7. There is an interesting new campaign for a depth sensing dev kit. We kicked off Round 2 for the FLIR Boson. And if you’d rather spend more time hacking than marketing your product on GroupGets, we’ve partnered with Hackster.io ...

We’ve got some great new campaigns and some timely updates on recently closed ones. Get your hands on the latest OpenMV Cam H7 with thermal camera module for a crazy low price. Ronoth has an easy solution to connect any device with a USB port to a LoRaWAN™ network. We'd like you to consider a new...

There are a lot of exciting FLIR Boson updates so we've dedicated an entire newsletter to them. First and foremost, we're running a special FLIR Boson sale for a very limited time. Some of our partners have made some incredible UAS solutions available to you in our store. We're raising the bar on...

There is an updated SiFive RISC-V MCU and Qwerty Embedded has revised the LoFive breakout board to go with it. Electronic Cats wants you to use everyday objects as human input devices to machines. We’ve got the new OpenMV Cam H7 in stock along with its new FLIR Lepton adapter. We’re still up to o...

Lots to cover! The BaconBits group buy needs just a few more backers to close so if you’ve been on the fence, now is your chance. A few new campaigns have emerged to keep your hardware hacking humming and interactive. Last but certainly not least, our latest PureThermal boards are now available a...

The boards named BaconBits and Pinball Clock are taking their first steps towards the SparkFun catalog as our latest GetSparked campaigns. AudioMoth Round 6 just closed after a massive response. We’ve got a new thermal camera accessory and some new UAS solutions to show you. And for any entrepren...

A new and improved AudioMoth was just dropped today by the Open Acoustic Devices team. Elektor made a tiny buffer board to protect your Pi I/O. We murdered out our latest PTmini board in matte black. Pure Engineering wants you to track all of the BLE things. And Project Struix gives you a way to ...

We’ve got some great new group buys online to finish the year strong. The 96Boards community mezzanine initiative is back with a no-compromise audio development board. NVJumpstarter wants to illuminate your favorite drinking games, HolyBro is back

It's an understatement these days to say that the weather is changing. J&J Studios has an easy way to measure that change with its compact Datum Weather module. If you want to keep your battery powered applications running well into the future, Better Embedded Engineering has your back. We just k...

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It should be known that if something is electric, we’re probably going to be interested. That said, we’ve got a special edition of a stunning e-bike that recently fulfilled its Kickstarter. We challenge you to say “Sparkfun multispectral SparkX” 10 times fast and to check out their very first Get...

Fall is upon us and we’ve got some great back-to-school finds to keep everybody’s minds sharp. The Zubi Flyer is causing a ruckus in the lab. OpenMV has a new camera and use for your FLIR Leptons. Matt built an arcade machine. sUAS wants you to just put a Boson it. And we’ve got some SiFive Freed...

Pixhawk 4 is the most advanced development kit for the PX4 autopilot system. Pixhawk ® 4 is the latest update to the successful family of Pixhawk flight controllers. It is designed and developed in collaboration with Holybro and the PX4 team, optimized to run the full Dronecode stack and comes pr...

There’s some breaking news that we had to scramble to get out. There is an IoT Bootcamp kicking off this fall in Reno and applications are due by Aug 8. We’ve got two new GetSparked campaigns. AudioMoth Round 5 is about to close after breaking yet another record. For a limited time you can hack a...

We’re off to a hot summer in the US and one of our hottest campaigns ever is back for Round 5. The PixePro+ board is setting our hair on fire. There’s a new Pixhawk flight controller getting its wings, and just in time for the summer heat, there’s a hot mess of new FLIR Lepton events from the lik...

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In case you haven’t heard, we just launched GetSparked with SparkFun and it’s already bearing fruit in the form of new hardware group buys that are live now as well as in the pipeline. Greg Davill is breaking Twitter with his posts about a custom Boson Frame Grabber, Elektor Magazine recently cap...

We’ve got a healthy serving of new innovations on GroupGets and a new partnership with SparkFun Electronics juuust might have something to do with it. If AI, remote sensing, asset tracking, and having a direct pathway to selling a passion project on SparkFun are your jam, this newsletter is for you.

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It's official, GroupGets for Business (GG4B) is live for manufacturers seeking early ROI for new product R&D while ramping up for high volume production. Read the news on PR Web.

It wasn't part of the plan to be a cornerstone in compact thermal imaging. We had just built a crowdfunding platform to securely hack minimum order quantities for existing products in our spare time with grandiose visions of democratized access. Being in the right place at the right time however,...

This is an updated guide to get both visible and thermal camera image overlay working on a Raspberry Pi running the new Raspbian Jessie with Pixel OS using our custom pylepton library for the FLIR Lepton. Pixel greatly simplifies setup time over previous methods.

Did you ever need something that was only available in quantities more than you want or can afford? Ever notice that stuff is 10x cheaper if you bought 100 instead of just 1? Are you with us when we say that it's usually more rewarding to experience things with other people? Then join us in life ...

It's been an exciting time at GroupGets HQ. Just this week we refreshed our campaign pages and reached our 100th funded group buy!

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GroupGets helped take the Verrado Electric Drift Trike by Local Motors from the product retirement graveyard, back to eager riders.

The SBHacks event was a huge success. We met amazing makers and hackers from all over California with immense drive and determination, it was an inspiring event. Big thanks to Benji and Major League Hacks for organizing a fun and well-organized event. The surprise keynote by Jay Freeman, aka Saur...

If you're a maker then surely you've heard of the famous Maker Faires that have been sprouting up all over the nation. Dubbed 'the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth', the Maker Faire prides itself on being a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness

Our GroupGets team attended the annual international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this month. After logging over 10 miles per day of walking, we barely covered 10% of the whole show.

Max Ritter, a young and talented GroupGets user and thermal imaging fan, created this awesome open-source do-it-yourself thermographic camera, a.k.a. the DIY-Thermocam. One of the components of the kit is our own custom FLIR Lepton breakout board and we are thrilled to see it find a good new home...

GroupGets' CEO Ron Justin traveled to Las Vegas to be one of four judges for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering's Senior Design Competition earlier this week. A working project is mandatory for graduation in the college so it is a pretty stressful y...

The holidays are here and GroupGets is offering a sweet 20% discount for specialized products starting NOW through Cyber Monday. All those tech components you've been eyeing, from the Raspberry Pi Lepton development kit to the high-powered UV-LED lights, are now cheaper to save you money for holi...

The GroupGets team attended two awesome maker events within a week. First the SoCal MakerCon in Los Angeles and then to San Francisco for the Hackaday SuperCon.

Everyone knows that a necessary goal of running a business is to make money. In an ever-changing market, finding innovative ways to boost revenue can be difficult. Sales teams, executives, and small business owners alike are constantly looking for creative ideas to minimally impact time but expan...

The GroupGets Team was recently invited to Reno, NV, along with some other distinguished tech veterans and investors to meet with some of the biggest little startups. Our gracious host and trip organizer was Eugene Wong, Managing Director of the Mountainwest Technology Accelerator which is focuse...

Drones are back in town! GroupGets has a custom built ARTF Racing Quadcopter available for beginner and intermediate FPV racers. We also have a gadget that brings the International Space Station inside your home, and the AmbiLED HD which adds 16 million colors of ambient color matching light to t...

The GroupGets Team traveled to Las Vegas for the InterDrone Expo, one of the best drone conferences out there.

Read the September Newsletter from GroupGets.com to get caught up product developments and the new group buys to get in on.

The GroupGets Drone Thermal GoPro-Gimbal mount can be 3D printed yourself or purchased from Shapeways. This mount is designed to be threaded with metal threads, which will securely hold the DroneThermal breakout board, Lepton, and GoPro to your DJI H3-2D gimbal.

GroupGets shares an inside look at the second generation FLIR One thermal imaging accessory.

The GroupGets team participated in the FLIR Systems “Bring the Heat” Hacker & Maker Challenge in San Francisco.

The press is catching on to the goods at GroupGets. We’ve been featured in Huffington Post and other awesome publications, read more!

In this guide I will show you how to install your Pure Engineering / GroupGets Breakout board to your Raspberry Pi 2b, and install two different programs for your Lepton Thermal Imager. When you are done following this guide you will have a couple cool new ways to use your lepton thermal imager.

GroupGets makes the choice between Analog and Digital easy by offering a free Lepton Breakout board with the purchase of a DroneThermal and 25° FLIR Lepton. Yep, we said FREE.

Did you ever wonder how GroupGets got started? The Pacific Coast Business Times has the scoop and featured us in their Technology section.

FLIR recently released a new version of their PocketCam/FoxCam GUI software to us. Now we can share with you, pretty exciting right?

Whether you are trying to get access to something hard to get due to a high minimum order quantity (MOQ), or just trying to save money on something that is much cheaper in bulk, GroupGets.com can help.

Here are some quick updates on what’s been happening at GroupGets over the past quarter. Our first campaign for the FLIR Lepton is now in its 6th public round and has shipped over 1000 units globally. Thanks again to everyone who helped to make it a success.

Today I had the chance to use the recently released FLIR Pocketcam GUI with my FLIR Lepton PocketCam. In this post I will go over installing and configuring your Windows 8.1 or 2012 R2 Machine to run FLIR's software.

Today is an exciting milestone for the GroupGets team and its partners. We just closed our first campaign to bring a cutting-edge component directly from the manufacturer to small and independent developers throughout the world to give them access to something otherwise unattainable.