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How to Get Started with the PureThermal Micro Breakout Board in Thermal Imaging

Follow along with Griffin, the creator of the PureThermal boards, on how to get started with the Micro breakout board.

May 2023

May The Fourth Be With You!

May The Fourth Be With You!

Written By: GroupGets | May 04, 2023


May the Fourth be with you! The force was strong with all of our bioacoustic researchers in April with sold-out AudioMoth and HydroMoth campaigns; we’re looking forward to finding balance in May with a variety of campaigns and new devices in our store!

7 Reasons You Should Buy The FLIR FS Thermal Camera - The "Junky FLIR for the Masses"

Checking for heat leaking out of your house? How about people counting in a business for occupancy? These are perfect uses for the FLIR Lepton FS – when you need thermal imaging but don’t need radiometry data.

Conservation Tech for Any Environment: The Many Uses of HydroMoth

Conservation Tech for Any Environment: The Many Uses of HydroMoth

Written By: Karly Lively | April 27, 2023


You’ve probably heard of the AudioMoth, created by Open Acoustics, but were you aware they made a second device, called the HydroMoth? Sometimes the HydroMoth experiences Second Child Syndrome, so we are here to give it some love and attention. 

April 2023

Holy STEM Kits, Batman! CircuitMess Can Save The City!

Holy STEM Kits, Batman! CircuitMess Can Save The City!

Written By: Karly Lively | April 13, 2023


Here at GroupGets, we believe that it’s never too early to inspire, and sow the seeds of ingenuity – which is why we are exceptionally excited to partner with CircuitMess for these two products. Support creativity with these STEM kits! They are a fantastic way to encourage learning while playing ...

March Thermal-Showers Brings April Thermal-Powers

March Thermal-Showers Brings April Thermal-Powers

Written By: GroupGets | March 30, 2023


There's plenty of exciting news for our thermal-fans: the launch of the latest addition to the PureThermal series, the PureThermal Micro (only 12.2 x 14mm!) and we kitted the fan-favorite DIY-thermocam: the tCam.

March 2023

Happy Belated Discount Chocolates Day!

Happy Belated Discount Chocolates Day!

Written By: GroupGets | March 02, 2023


We definitely felt the love this month as we launched several new campaigns, and got a lot of feedback on our survey (more info on your chance to win!) Stuck in the snow without someone to hold? We have partnered with EcoFlow Power Stations to get deals on the best, portable power sources!

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

Written By: GroupGets | January 26, 2023


You "killers" have already quickly devoured a few campaigns, so we're charging full steam ahead with 7 new campaigns! Ranging from a gyroscope for robotics, to a portable, long-lasting generator - we think we'll be able to satiate your appetite so you can get your pound of flesh! Have at you!

January 2023

Interview with the Creator: Closed-Loop Spectroscopy Labs, the DIY Self Driving Laboratory

How do you begin to describe a "self-driving laboratory?" Material researchers are spearheading self-driving laboratories as a solution that combines chemistry, physics, robotics and, of course, AI. One such researcher, Sterling Baird, discusses his latest creation, how SDLs can be applied, and h...

Your 2022 GroupGets Year-In-Review

Your 2022 GroupGets Year-In-Review

Written By: GroupGets | January 10, 2023


We asked ourselves: "Selves, how can we make a year-in-review summary without boring our subscribers to tears?" It was while we were listening to Griffin's, our lead hardware engineer's, psychedelic-rock mix on Spotify that we recalled how excited we were to each get our Spotify Wrapped story. Wi...

Interview with the Creator: gCore, the GUI Swiss Army Knife

Interview with the Creator: gCore, the GUI Swiss Army Knife

Written By: GroupGets | November 15, 2022


As we explored manufacturing options during this limbo of shortage of parts and growing resource development, Julio continued to add-on features to his newest creation, the gCore: the GUI Swiss Army Knife of portable graphic design.

November 2022

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the FLIR Lepton 3.5 for Art

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the FLIR Lepton 3.5 for Art

Written By: GroupGets | November 09, 2022


Lee Montgomery pursues DIY approaches to technology and has utilized different technologies for his art including analog and digital video, glitch, circuit bending, drones, and other various forms of wireless transmission.

This Thursday, We're Like Wednesday [Adams]

This Thursday, We're Like Wednesday [Adams]

Written By: GroupGets | October 27, 2022


As we transition from spooky month to turkey month, we want to spark your excitement for our biggest sale of the year; kindle relationships with an upcoming conference hosted by Barbastella Echology; and ignite your imagination of the all possibilities of the newest campaign, the gCore, and FLIR ...

October 2022

AudioMoth Underwater Case vs. Waterproof Case

AudioMoth Underwater Case vs. Waterproof Case

Written By: GroupGets | October 04, 2022


Ann To is an independent researcher, wildlife photographer and is currently a Masters student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology studying Environmental Science and Management. To prepare for an upcoming research project, she tested the bioacoustic data from the two different ca...

Damnit Gadget, We Love You!

Damnit Gadget, We Love You!

Written By: GroupGets | September 29, 2022


There's a lot bubbling and brewing on the platform ready to debut in October, but you gotta wait. We bet you feel the antici-...... Well, if you've tasted blood and you want more, more, more - we have plenty of updates in this newsletter.

September 2022

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the AudioMoth to Study the Effects of Fishing on Coral Reefs

Mary Shodipo is a marine ecologist, freediver and National Geographic Explorer that has utilized the AudioMoth for her studies of the coral reefs in Danjugan Island.

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the tCam-Mini for Solar Panels

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the tCam-Mini for Solar Panels

Written By: GroupGets | September 15, 2022


This In The Wild feature uses custom 3D printed parts to attach a tCam-Mini to a drone in order to radiometrically measure any damaged solar panels.

Interview with the Creators: MistySOM

Interview with the Creators: MistySOM

Written By: GroupGets | September 13, 2022


Taylor Cooper, CEO of MistyWest, addresses the development and capabilities of the team's newest creation, the MistySOM: a SOM for computer vision application that uses only 50% of power compared to others on the market.

The Basic Batch's Guide to Fall

The Basic Batch's Guide to Fall

Written By: GroupGets | September 01, 2022


As we prepare to sip on pumpkin spices, we're also preparing for hot creations to be sold out (like the PureThermal 3 and the HydroMoth) and new creations coming soon (like the Humble iCE!) Speaking of new, we have also expanded our thermal imaging and advanced camera accessories to be sold on ou...

It's Get'n Hot in Here - so Back Before They Close

It's Get'n Hot in Here - so Back Before They Close

Written By: GroupGets | July 28, 2022


Dang, it's hot! We have plenty of updates and new gadgets to chill out with you all summer long! Our newest crowdfunding feature, GroupFund, will aid in your next R&D project; we have great deals on pocket-sized PCB rulers, FPGA wizardry, and the PureThermal Breakout Board; and the addition of th...

July 2022

Interview with the Creators: ICE-V Wireless FPGA

Interview with the Creators: ICE-V Wireless FPGA

Written By: GroupGets | July 20, 2022


We interviewed the creators of the ICE-V Wireless, an ICE40UP5K+ESP32-C3 development board. Michael Welling and Eric Brombaugh discuss the what, why and how of their development.

We're keeping it 100 w/ our 100th newsletter!

We're keeping it 100 w/ our 100th newsletter!

Written By: GroupGets | June 28, 2022


This is our 100th newsletter - thanks for being a GroupGetter! There's plenty more to celebrate in this month's update: have a $10 credit toward your next store purchase; ICE-V Wireless gives you wireless control of an FPGA; and Open Acoustic Devices is back with their long awaited new product: H...

June 2022

Interview with a Campaign Creator: Dan Julio and the tCam-Mini

Dan Julio was sick of corporate life. With his experience in software development and firmware design, Dan Julio began his own consultancy, Dan Julio Designs, and quickly was picked up for several projects, including an installation at Burning Man. In between his consultations, Julio developed th...

Your Excuse to Stay in for Memorial Day Weekend

Your Excuse to Stay in for Memorial Day Weekend

Written By: Katie Sawicki | May 25, 2022


Happy end of May and Memorial Day! In case you regretted any plans you made for the long weekend, we have a few suggestions: if you're out and about and use any of our products, you can earn some $; you could begin to book some tickets to Nuremberg for Embedded World; and you can check out our to...

May 2022

Edge Hardware+

Edge Hardware+

Written By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro, Dara Joyce | May 02, 2022


Happy April! This month at GroupGets, we are introducing our newest campaigns for AudioMoth to keep your timestamps on point and the all new FLIR Boson+. There's also a new tCam-Mini wireless streaming camera for FLIR Lepton. MistyWest and ProbVision are pre-launching some serious kit for those n...

Clearing the way for DIY ASICs

Clearing the way for DIY ASICs

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | March 17, 2022





March 2022

A New Era of Open Hardware

A New Era of Open Hardware

Written By: Ron Justin | February 09, 2022


chipIgnite has done what probably seemed impossible only a few years ago in creating an ecosystem that enables custom ASIC development at an attainable price. So what’s in it for you? How about an eFPGA with CPU subsystem that is open down to the silicon level. It comes populated on a breakout bo...

February 2022

A Slow December 'Twas Not

A Slow December 'Twas Not

Written By: Ron Justin | December 29, 2021


It was supposed to be a chill December but we're not mad that it wasn't. Big news below on immediate Teledyne FLIR Lepton price drops. DroneThermal v4 for Lepton 3.5 just launched. And of course, new group buys and funded ones closing soon.

December 2021

CyberManic Monday

CyberManic Monday

Written By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro | November 29, 2021


We skipped cyber Monday last year so we're making up for it with deep discounts on some of our greatest hits (and misses) starting now and going through Monday. Topping that, Teledyne FLIR Lepton FS and Greg Davill's ButterStick FPGA development board are now both in store and ready to ship.

November 2021

Introducing Lepton FS

Introducing Lepton FS

Written By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro | October 27, 2021


Like you, there are a lot of manufacturers that we'll be waiting on for all of 2022 to get parts. Fortunately, Teledyne FLIR is not one of them. Must be something to manufacturing your own products - go figure. That said, this newsletter welcomes two new FLIR products as well as μMoth Round 2 fro...

October 2021

In the Wild

In the Wild

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | September 30, 2021


We've got fresh new group buys on tap as well as a fun new feature to give you a platform to show our community what you're up to with products from GroupGets. PureThermal OpenMV is ridiculously close to funding so be our guests to be the last backer to make this highly ambitious project go to ma...

September 2021

While {Parts Shortage}

While {Parts Shortage}

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | August 31, 2021


While it's still tough to get parts, we've got our best-selling products like FLIR Boson and AudioMoth v1.2 in stock. If you are on the hunt for parts or have excess parts to sell, check out XScomponents below as a new resource to aid your search. ButterStick is finally going to manufacturing, an...

August 2021

Introducing AudioMoth Dev

Introducing AudioMoth Dev

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | July 28, 2021


Open Acoustic Devices is adding a new device to the AudioMoth family, campaign shipping updates, kimχ is now available for limited release, and more news!

July 2021

DIY Thermocam is Back

DIY Thermocam is Back

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | June 30, 2021


Some good campaign news here to brighten your day and a few new items in the store. DIY Thermocam V3 round 2 is now live, the tCam mini, Battlab-One has been funded, and the funding deadline for the PureThermal OpenMV has been extended.

June 2021

PureThermal OpenMV  Launch

PureThermal OpenMV Launch

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | May 27, 2021


Summer 2021 is coming in hot with the PureThermal OpenMV campaign, the new μMoth from Open Acoustic Devices, and more!

May 2021

A Few New Things

A Few New Things

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro, Griffin Covert | April 29, 2021


This year is flying by about as fast as AudioMoths are flying out the door; Round 13 shipped so Round 14 is live. We've got two new product launches this week - a simple FLIR Boson tripod mount and an updated micro-spectrometer breakout. Two NEW community initiated group buys for ATMegaZero ESP32...

April 2021

Radiometric FLIR Boson is Here

Radiometric FLIR Boson is Here

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | March 31, 2021


The time is here. We are now taking orders for radiometric FLIR Boson 640 and 320 for some performance grades and fields of view. Lead time is currently 8 weeks and may push out due to pent up demand. This news is so breaking that we do not have online orders ready yet but our sales team is stand...

March 2021

LWIR-FLY

LWIR-FLY

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | February 25, 2021


The tCam-Mini by DanJulioDesigns Wi-Fi enables the FLIR Lepton LWIR camera core in a slick form factor. Have you ever wanted to stream thermal video wirelessly but didn't want to deal with the hassle of developing the software, firmware, and hardware? We've been wanting to for years but you know....

February 2021

 Campaign Roundup

Campaign Roundup

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | January 19, 2021


Miss the simpler and more budget friendly times of a Pebble smartwatch experience? Squarofumi's (SQFMI) Watchy is a legit 200x200 e-paper (not e-ink) smartwatch DIY kit powered by an ESP32-PICO-D4 that is open, hackable, and compatible with Arduino, MicroPython, and the ESP-IDF. With tons of grea...

January 2021

Buttery Goodness

Buttery Goodness

Written By: Ron Justin | December 30, 2020


Why stop at making just one Lattice ECP5 FPGA dev board in the OrangeCrab? This is how Greg Davill rolls so he's back at it with ButterStick to make it easy for you to experiment with high speed I/O, USB, and Ethernet interfaces. Named after it's two-dimensional equivalence to an Australian stick...

December 2020

Cut Through the Noise

Cut Through the Noise

Written By: Ron Justin | November 12, 2020


We’re finally ready to unveil our latest original product release for the FLIR Boson thermal camera. The Boson Digital Video Adapter, or DiVA, makes any Boson plug-and-play with any monitor or TV that has an HDMI port. It's a handy tool to quickly mock up a vision system that we always find ourse...

November 2020

Campaign Last Chances

Campaign Last Chances

Written By: Griffin Covert, Ron Justin | September 28, 2020


ATMegaZero is turning the last corner and rapidly approaching the finish line. If your project calls for the efficiency and simplicity of an Arduino with the convenience of the PiZero form factor, this promising Hackster Launch campaign is for you and is closing soon. At over 80% funded and just ...

September 2020

ATMegaZero Approved for Launch

ATMegaZero Approved for Launch

Written By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Matthew Navarro | September 09, 2020


@4hackrr has engineered an ingenious hybrid of two legends in the Arduino Leonardo and the Raspberry Pi Zero dubbed ATMegaZero. Taking inspiration from the Pi Zero, the ATMegaZero features a Microchip ATMega32U4 MCU in a Pi Zero form factor. This could be a useful way to leverage Pi Zero peripher...

Hop on the mikroBus

Hop on the mikroBus

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | August 12, 2020


Another month. Another round of craft hardware updates. We've got a new low-code offering via Hackster Launch with more compelling campaigns on the way. The official AudioMoth IPX7 case is back. The nRF9160 Feather LTE cellular module is now in the green with just a week left to still get in. We'...

August 2020

A Cellular Module Light as a Feather

A Cellular Module Light as a Feather

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | July 28, 2020


Do you like your cellulars low on cost, size, and power consumption? How about open source, Norwegian, and sprinkled with GPS and NB-IoT? We thought so. Then back an nRF9160 Feather by Circuit Dojo below now because there is nothing better to cover all of those categories. After shipping the Oran...

July 2020

kimχ micro is serving up hotness

kimχ micro is serving up hotness

Written By: Ronald Justin | June 26, 2020


We hope that everyone is still staying healthy. These are challenging times but like you, we're still making things happen so with that, let's get to it. AudioMoth Round 11 is live and thriving. FLIR Lepton 3.5's have alchemized into unobtainium for the short term but alternative solutions do exi...

June 2020

Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun

Written By: Ron Justin | May 12, 2020


The world is rebooting but some things are fortunately retaining state. Innovators are still gonna innovate, and we're still going to help them do that. The Open Acoustic Devices team has finally blessed us with the official waterproof case for AudioMoth. Our Launch collaboration with Hackster ha...

May 2020

 We’re Still Operating

We’re Still Operating

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | April 01, 2020


We know that there are a lot of hardships out there for everyone but wanted to reach out and confirm that we are operational and existing campaigns will ship on time. Distributors are still shipping parts and our local CM's are still building boards. If you have a good idea for a campaign to help...

April 2020

Introducing Hackster Launch

Introducing Hackster Launch

Written By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | March 19, 2020


We are very excited to finally announce a new partnership with Hackster and to celebrate we have a very special campaign from @GregDavill! Still not entertained? AudioMoth just unleashed Round 10, zGlue wants you to design your own chips on the cheap, and there's still a few more goodies below to...

March 2020

GroupGets is Honored as Finalist for NCET’s 2020 Technology Company of the Year!

Each year, the NCET Technology Company of the Year award is presented to the Northern Nevada technology company which achieves significant sales/revenue growth, employee growth, and a positive effect on the area’s technology industry. Special consideration is given to companies that demonstrate ...

Roaring 20s

Roaring 20s

Written By: William Massey, Ron Justin | February 06, 2020





February 2020

New Campaigns for 2020

New Campaigns for 2020

Written By: William Massey, Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | December 26, 2019


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...

December 2019

Black Friday Blowout

Black Friday Blowout

Written By: William Massey, Matthew Navarro, Ron Justin | December 02, 2019


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...

Radar-Zilla & Audio-Mothra Chapter 2

Radar-Zilla & Audio-Mothra Chapter 2

Written By: William Massey & Matthew Navarro | September 23, 2019


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.

September 2019

Score at The GroupGets Store

Score at The GroupGets Store

Written By: Matthew Navarro | August 29, 2019


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 ...

August 2019

Radar-zilla VS. Audio-mothra

Radar-zilla VS. Audio-mothra

Written By: GroupGets Will | August 08, 2019


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.

Old Towne Code

Old Towne Code

Written By: GroupGets Will | July 25, 2019


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.

July 2019

The Boards are Back in Town

The Boards are Back in Town

Written By: GroupGets Will | July 11, 2019


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.

Right Now on GroupGets

Right Now on GroupGets

Written By: GroupGets Will | June 20, 2019


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...

June 2019

AudioMoth Round 7

AudioMoth Round 7

Written By: GroupGets Will | June 04, 2019


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 ...

OpenMV Cam H7 Thermal

OpenMV Cam H7 Thermal

Written By: GroupGets Will | May 09, 2019


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...

May 2019

FLIR Boson Quarterly

FLIR Boson Quarterly

Written By: GroupGets Will | April 30, 2019


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...

April 2019

RISC-V LoFive

RISC-V LoFive

Written By: GroupGets Will | April 24, 2019


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...

March Radness

March Radness

Written By: GroupGets Will | March 26, 2019


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...

March 2019

We Smell Bacon

We Smell Bacon

Written By: GroupGets Will | February 19, 2019


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...

February 2019

BatShiz Crazy for AudioMoth

BatShiz Crazy for AudioMoth

Written By: GroupGets Will | January 23, 2019


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 ...

January 2019

Don't Drink and Drone

Don't Drink and Drone

Written By: GroupGets Will | December 19, 2018


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

December 2018

Right now on GroupGets

Right now on GroupGets

Written By: GroupGets | November 18, 2018


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...

November 2018

Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit Giveaway!

Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit Giveaway!

Written By: GroupGets | October 30, 2018


Enter for a chance to win a Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit




October 2018

Hack Your Commute

Hack Your Commute

Written By: GroupGets | October 15, 2018


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...

Fly Into Fall

Fly Into Fall

Written By: GroupGets | September 20, 2018


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...

September 2018

Pixhawk 4 Advanced Flight Controller with GPS Giveaway!

Pixhawk 4 Advanced Flight Controller with GPS Giveaway!

Written By: GroupGets | September 20, 2018


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...

New Campaigns And IoT Bootcamp

New Campaigns And IoT Bootcamp

Written By: GroupGets | August 02, 2018


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...

August 2018

The Millionth Lepton!

The Millionth Lepton!

Written By: Ron Justin | April 12, 2017


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,...

April 2017

Pylepton Overlay Guide 2.0 for Raspbian Pixel

Pylepton Overlay Guide 2.0 for Raspbian Pixel

Written By: GroupGets | November 15, 2016


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.

November 2016

Hacking Minimum Orders for Fun & Profit

Hacking Minimum Orders for Fun & Profit

Written By: GroupGets | August 24, 2016


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 ...

August 2016

100th Funded Campaign!

100th Funded Campaign!

Written By: Lauren | August 19, 2016


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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July 2016

Saving an Icon From Early Retirement

Saving an Icon From Early Retirement

Written By: Lauren | June 15, 2016


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

June 2016

Success at the SBHacks UCSB Hackathon Event

Success at the SBHacks UCSB Hackathon Event

Written By: Justin Stitches | April 20, 2016


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...

April 2016

Las Vegas Maker Faire 2016

Las Vegas Maker Faire 2016

Written By: GroupGets | March 06, 2016


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

March 2016

CES '16 Startup Invasion

CES '16 Startup Invasion

Written By: Lauren | January 13, 2016


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.

January 2016

DIY-Thermocam Designed by GroupGets User

DIY-Thermocam Designed by GroupGets User

Written By: Lauren | January 05, 2016


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...

UNLV Senior Design Competition & Keyport Tour

UNLV Senior Design Competition & Keyport Tour

Written By: Lauren | December 06, 2015


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...

December 2015

Holiday Tech Deals Available Now

Holiday Tech Deals Available Now

Written By: Lauren | November 28, 2015


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...

November 2015

Hackaday SuperCon & SoCal MakerCon

Hackaday SuperCon & SoCal MakerCon

Written By: Lauren | November 13, 2015


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.

6 Ways a Group Buy Will Boost Business

6 Ways a Group Buy Will Boost Business

Written By: Lauren | November 11, 2015


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...

Reno 4-1-1

Reno 4-1-1

Written By: Lauren | October 17, 2015


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...

October 2015

Immersive Color and Outer Space

Immersive Color and Outer Space

Written By: GroupGets | October 06, 2015


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...

GroupGets Flies Over to Interdrone 2015

GroupGets Flies Over to Interdrone 2015

Written By: Lauren | September 22, 2015


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

September 2015

Fully Electric Transportation

Fully Electric Transportation

Written By: GroupGets | September 12, 2015


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

How to thread the DroneThermal Gimbal Mount

How to thread the DroneThermal Gimbal Mount

Written By: GroupGets | September 06, 2015


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.

FLIR One 2nd Generation Review

FLIR One 2nd Generation Review

Written By: GroupGets | July 24, 2015


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




July 2015

FLIR Hackathon Challenge in San Francisco

FLIR Hackathon Challenge in San Francisco

Written By: GroupGets | July 08, 2015


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

GroupGets Making Headlines!

GroupGets Making Headlines!

Written By: GroupGets | May 08, 2015


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

May 2015

Installation guide for Pure Breakout Board on Raspberry Pi 2

Installation guide for Pure Breakout Board on Raspberry Pi 2

Written By: GroupGets | April 24, 2015


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.

April 2015

Digital or Analog? Choose Both!

Digital or Analog? Choose Both!

Written By: GroupGets | April 15, 2015


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.

New Gets for New Heights

New Gets for New Heights

Written By: GroupGets | April 13, 2015


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

Updated FLIR Lepton PocketCam GUI

Updated FLIR Lepton PocketCam GUI

Written By: GroupGets | March 30, 2015


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

March 2015

How to Create A GroupGet Campaign

How to Create A GroupGet Campaign

Written By: GroupGets | March 10, 2015


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.

Springing Ahead

Springing Ahead

Written By: GroupGets | March 08, 2015


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.

FLIR Lepton Pocketcam GUI

FLIR Lepton Pocketcam GUI

Written By: GroupGets | February 23, 2015


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.

February 2015

First Campaign Milestone

First Campaign Milestone

Written By: GroupGets | October 04, 2014


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.

October 2014

May 2023

How to Get Started with the PureThermal Micro Breakout Board in Thermal Imaging

Follow along with Griffin, the creator of the PureThermal boards, on how to get started with the Micro breakout board.

May The Fourth Be With You!

May The Fourth Be With You!

By: GroupGets | May 04, 2023


May the Fourth be with you! The force was strong with all of our bioacoustic researchers in April with sold-out AudioMoth and HydroMoth campaigns; we’re looking forward to finding balance in May with a variety of campaigns and new devices in our store!

7 Reasons You Should Buy The FLIR FS Thermal Camera - The "Junky FLIR for the Masses"

Checking for heat leaking out of your house? How about people counting in a business for occupancy? These are perfect uses for the FLIR Lepton FS – when you need thermal imaging but don’t need radiometry data.

April 2023

Conservation Tech for Any Environment: The Many Uses of HydroMoth

You’ve probably heard of the AudioMoth, created by Open Acoustics, but were you aware they made a second device, called the HydroMoth? Sometimes the HydroMoth experiences Second Child Syndrome, so we are here to give it some love and attention. 

Holy STEM Kits, Batman! CircuitMess Can Save The City!

Holy STEM Kits, Batman! CircuitMess Can Save The City!

By: Karly Lively | April 13, 2023


Here at GroupGets, we believe that it’s never too early to inspire, and sow the seeds of ingenuity – which is why we are exceptionally excited to partner with CircuitMess for these two products. Support creativity with these STEM kits! They are a fantastic way to encourage learning while playing ...

March 2023

March Thermal-Showers Brings April Thermal-Powers

March Thermal-Showers Brings April Thermal-Powers

By: GroupGets | March 30, 2023


There's plenty of exciting news for our thermal-fans: the launch of the latest addition to the PureThermal series, the PureThermal Micro (only 12.2 x 14mm!) and we kitted the fan-favorite DIY-thermocam: the tCam.

Happy Belated Discount Chocolates Day!

Happy Belated Discount Chocolates Day!

By: GroupGets | March 02, 2023


We definitely felt the love this month as we launched several new campaigns, and got a lot of feedback on our survey (more info on your chance to win!) Stuck in the snow without someone to hold? We have partnered with EcoFlow Power Stations to get deals on the best, portable power sources!

January 2023

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

By: GroupGets | January 26, 2023


You "killers" have already quickly devoured a few campaigns, so we're charging full steam ahead with 7 new campaigns! Ranging from a gyroscope for robotics, to a portable, long-lasting generator - we think we'll be able to satiate your appetite so you can get your pound of flesh! Have at you!

Interview with the Creator: Closed-Loop Spectroscopy Labs, the DIY Self Driving Laboratory

How do you begin to describe a "self-driving laboratory?" Material researchers are spearheading self-driving laboratories as a solution that combines chemistry, physics, robotics and, of course, AI. One such researcher, Sterling Baird, discusses his latest creation, how SDLs can be applied, and h...

Your 2022 GroupGets Year-In-Review

Your 2022 GroupGets Year-In-Review

By: GroupGets | January 10, 2023


We asked ourselves: "Selves, how can we make a year-in-review summary without boring our subscribers to tears?" It was while we were listening to Griffin's, our lead hardware engineer's, psychedelic-rock mix on Spotify that we recalled how excited we were to each get our Spotify Wrapped story. Wi...

November 2022

Interview with the Creator: gCore, the GUI Swiss Army Knife

As we explored manufacturing options during this limbo of shortage of parts and growing resource development, Julio continued to add-on features to his newest creation, the gCore: the GUI Swiss Army Knife of portable graphic design.

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the FLIR Lepton 3.5 for Art

Lee Montgomery pursues DIY approaches to technology and has utilized different technologies for his art including analog and digital video, glitch, circuit bending, drones, and other various forms of wireless transmission.

October 2022

This Thursday, We're Like Wednesday [Adams]

This Thursday, We're Like Wednesday [Adams]

By: GroupGets | October 27, 2022


As we transition from spooky month to turkey month, we want to spark your excitement for our biggest sale of the year; kindle relationships with an upcoming conference hosted by Barbastella Echology; and ignite your imagination of the all possibilities of the newest campaign, the gCore, and FLIR ...

AudioMoth Underwater Case vs. Waterproof Case

AudioMoth Underwater Case vs. Waterproof Case

By: GroupGets | October 04, 2022


Ann To is an independent researcher, wildlife photographer and is currently a Masters student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology studying Environmental Science and Management. To prepare for an upcoming research project, she tested the bioacoustic data from the two different ca...

September 2022

Damnit Gadget, We Love You!

Damnit Gadget, We Love You!

By: GroupGets | September 29, 2022


There's a lot bubbling and brewing on the platform ready to debut in October, but you gotta wait. We bet you feel the antici-...... Well, if you've tasted blood and you want more, more, more - we have plenty of updates in this newsletter.

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the AudioMoth to Study the Effects of Fishing on Coral Reefs

Mary Shodipo is a marine ecologist, freediver and National Geographic Explorer that has utilized the AudioMoth for her studies of the coral reefs in Danjugan Island.

Featured Product in the Wild: Using the tCam-Mini for Solar Panels

This In The Wild feature uses custom 3D printed parts to attach a tCam-Mini to a drone in order to radiometrically measure any damaged solar panels.

Interview with the Creators: MistySOM

Interview with the Creators: MistySOM

By: GroupGets | September 13, 2022


Taylor Cooper, CEO of MistyWest, addresses the development and capabilities of the team's newest creation, the MistySOM: a SOM for computer vision application that uses only 50% of power compared to others on the market.

The Basic Batch's Guide to Fall

The Basic Batch's Guide to Fall

By: GroupGets | September 01, 2022


As we prepare to sip on pumpkin spices, we're also preparing for hot creations to be sold out (like the PureThermal 3 and the HydroMoth) and new creations coming soon (like the Humble iCE!) Speaking of new, we have also expanded our thermal imaging and advanced camera accessories to be sold on ou...

July 2022

It's Get'n Hot in Here - so Back Before They Close

Dang, it's hot! We have plenty of updates and new gadgets to chill out with you all summer long! Our newest crowdfunding feature, GroupFund, will aid in your next R&D project; we have great deals on pocket-sized PCB rulers, FPGA wizardry, and the PureThermal Breakout Board; and the addition of th...

Interview with the Creators: ICE-V Wireless FPGA

Interview with the Creators: ICE-V Wireless FPGA

By: GroupGets | July 20, 2022


We interviewed the creators of the ICE-V Wireless, an ICE40UP5K+ESP32-C3 development board. Michael Welling and Eric Brombaugh discuss the what, why and how of their development.

June 2022

We're keeping it 100 w/ our 100th newsletter!

We're keeping it 100 w/ our 100th newsletter!

By: GroupGets | June 28, 2022


This is our 100th newsletter - thanks for being a GroupGetter! There's plenty more to celebrate in this month's update: have a $10 credit toward your next store purchase; ICE-V Wireless gives you wireless control of an FPGA; and Open Acoustic Devices is back with their long awaited new product: H...

Interview with a Campaign Creator: Dan Julio and the tCam-Mini

Dan Julio was sick of corporate life. With his experience in software development and firmware design, Dan Julio began his own consultancy, Dan Julio Designs, and quickly was picked up for several projects, including an installation at Burning Man. In between his consultations, Julio developed th...

May 2022

Your Excuse to Stay in for Memorial Day Weekend

Your Excuse to Stay in for Memorial Day Weekend

By: Katie Sawicki | May 25, 2022


Happy end of May and Memorial Day! In case you regretted any plans you made for the long weekend, we have a few suggestions: if you're out and about and use any of our products, you can earn some $; you could begin to book some tickets to Nuremberg for Embedded World; and you can check out our to...

Edge Hardware+

Edge Hardware+

By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro, Dara Joyce | May 02, 2022


Happy April! This month at GroupGets, we are introducing our newest campaigns for AudioMoth to keep your timestamps on point and the all new FLIR Boson+. There's also a new tCam-Mini wireless streaming camera for FLIR Lepton. MistyWest and ProbVision are pre-launching some serious kit for those n...

March 2022

Clearing the way for DIY ASICs

Clearing the way for DIY ASICs

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | March 17, 2022





February 2022

A New Era of Open Hardware

A New Era of Open Hardware

By: Ron Justin | February 09, 2022


chipIgnite has done what probably seemed impossible only a few years ago in creating an ecosystem that enables custom ASIC development at an attainable price. So what’s in it for you? How about an eFPGA with CPU subsystem that is open down to the silicon level. It comes populated on a breakout bo...

December 2021

A Slow December 'Twas Not

A Slow December 'Twas Not

By: Ron Justin | December 29, 2021


It was supposed to be a chill December but we're not mad that it wasn't. Big news below on immediate Teledyne FLIR Lepton price drops. DroneThermal v4 for Lepton 3.5 just launched. And of course, new group buys and funded ones closing soon.

November 2021

CyberManic Monday

CyberManic Monday

By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro | November 29, 2021


We skipped cyber Monday last year so we're making up for it with deep discounts on some of our greatest hits (and misses) starting now and going through Monday. Topping that, Teledyne FLIR Lepton FS and Greg Davill's ButterStick FPGA development board are now both in store and ready to ship.

October 2021

Introducing Lepton FS

Introducing Lepton FS

By: Ron Justin, Matt Navarro | October 27, 2021


Like you, there are a lot of manufacturers that we'll be waiting on for all of 2022 to get parts. Fortunately, Teledyne FLIR is not one of them. Must be something to manufacturing your own products - go figure. That said, this newsletter welcomes two new FLIR products as well as μMoth Round 2 fro...

September 2021

In the Wild

In the Wild

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | September 30, 2021


We've got fresh new group buys on tap as well as a fun new feature to give you a platform to show our community what you're up to with products from GroupGets. PureThermal OpenMV is ridiculously close to funding so be our guests to be the last backer to make this highly ambitious project go to ma...

August 2021

While {Parts Shortage}

While {Parts Shortage}

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | August 31, 2021


While it's still tough to get parts, we've got our best-selling products like FLIR Boson and AudioMoth v1.2 in stock. If you are on the hunt for parts or have excess parts to sell, check out XScomponents below as a new resource to aid your search. ButterStick is finally going to manufacturing, an...

July 2021

Introducing AudioMoth Dev

Introducing AudioMoth Dev

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | July 28, 2021


Open Acoustic Devices is adding a new device to the AudioMoth family, campaign shipping updates, kimχ is now available for limited release, and more news!

June 2021

DIY Thermocam is Back

DIY Thermocam is Back

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | June 30, 2021


Some good campaign news here to brighten your day and a few new items in the store. DIY Thermocam V3 round 2 is now live, the tCam mini, Battlab-One has been funded, and the funding deadline for the PureThermal OpenMV has been extended.

May 2021

PureThermal OpenMV  Launch

PureThermal OpenMV Launch

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Crystal Perkins | May 27, 2021


Summer 2021 is coming in hot with the PureThermal OpenMV campaign, the new μMoth from Open Acoustic Devices, and more!

April 2021

A Few New Things

A Few New Things

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro, Griffin Covert | April 29, 2021


This year is flying by about as fast as AudioMoths are flying out the door; Round 13 shipped so Round 14 is live. We've got two new product launches this week - a simple FLIR Boson tripod mount and an updated micro-spectrometer breakout. Two NEW community initiated group buys for ATMegaZero ESP32...

March 2021

Radiometric FLIR Boson is Here

Radiometric FLIR Boson is Here

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | March 31, 2021


The time is here. We are now taking orders for radiometric FLIR Boson 640 and 320 for some performance grades and fields of view. Lead time is currently 8 weeks and may push out due to pent up demand. This news is so breaking that we do not have online orders ready yet but our sales team is stand...

February 2021

LWIR-FLY

LWIR-FLY

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | February 25, 2021


The tCam-Mini by DanJulioDesigns Wi-Fi enables the FLIR Lepton LWIR camera core in a slick form factor. Have you ever wanted to stream thermal video wirelessly but didn't want to deal with the hassle of developing the software, firmware, and hardware? We've been wanting to for years but you know....

January 2021

 Campaign Roundup

Campaign Roundup

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert | January 19, 2021


Miss the simpler and more budget friendly times of a Pebble smartwatch experience? Squarofumi's (SQFMI) Watchy is a legit 200x200 e-paper (not e-ink) smartwatch DIY kit powered by an ESP32-PICO-D4 that is open, hackable, and compatible with Arduino, MicroPython, and the ESP-IDF. With tons of grea...

December 2020

Buttery Goodness

Buttery Goodness

By: Ron Justin | December 30, 2020


Why stop at making just one Lattice ECP5 FPGA dev board in the OrangeCrab? This is how Greg Davill rolls so he's back at it with ButterStick to make it easy for you to experiment with high speed I/O, USB, and Ethernet interfaces. Named after it's two-dimensional equivalence to an Australian stick...

November 2020

Cut Through the Noise

Cut Through the Noise

By: Ron Justin | November 12, 2020


We’re finally ready to unveil our latest original product release for the FLIR Boson thermal camera. The Boson Digital Video Adapter, or DiVA, makes any Boson plug-and-play with any monitor or TV that has an HDMI port. It's a handy tool to quickly mock up a vision system that we always find ourse...

September 2020

Campaign Last Chances

Campaign Last Chances

By: Griffin Covert, Ron Justin | September 28, 2020


ATMegaZero is turning the last corner and rapidly approaching the finish line. If your project calls for the efficiency and simplicity of an Arduino with the convenience of the PiZero form factor, this promising Hackster Launch campaign is for you and is closing soon. At over 80% funded and just ...

ATMegaZero Approved for Launch

ATMegaZero Approved for Launch

By: Ron Justin, Griffin Covert, Matthew Navarro | September 09, 2020


@4hackrr has engineered an ingenious hybrid of two legends in the Arduino Leonardo and the Raspberry Pi Zero dubbed ATMegaZero. Taking inspiration from the Pi Zero, the ATMegaZero features a Microchip ATMega32U4 MCU in a Pi Zero form factor. This could be a useful way to leverage Pi Zero peripher...

August 2020

Hop on the mikroBus

Hop on the mikroBus

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | August 12, 2020


Another month. Another round of craft hardware updates. We've got a new low-code offering via Hackster Launch with more compelling campaigns on the way. The official AudioMoth IPX7 case is back. The nRF9160 Feather LTE cellular module is now in the green with just a week left to still get in. We'...

July 2020

A Cellular Module Light as a Feather

A Cellular Module Light as a Feather

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | July 28, 2020


Do you like your cellulars low on cost, size, and power consumption? How about open source, Norwegian, and sprinkled with GPS and NB-IoT? We thought so. Then back an nRF9160 Feather by Circuit Dojo below now because there is nothing better to cover all of those categories. After shipping the Oran...

June 2020

kimχ micro is serving up hotness

kimχ micro is serving up hotness

By: Ronald Justin | June 26, 2020


We hope that everyone is still staying healthy. These are challenging times but like you, we're still making things happen so with that, let's get to it. AudioMoth Round 11 is live and thriving. FLIR Lepton 3.5's have alchemized into unobtainium for the short term but alternative solutions do exi...

May 2020

Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun

By: Ron Justin | May 12, 2020


The world is rebooting but some things are fortunately retaining state. Innovators are still gonna innovate, and we're still going to help them do that. The Open Acoustic Devices team has finally blessed us with the official waterproof case for AudioMoth. Our Launch collaboration with Hackster ha...

April 2020

 We’re Still Operating

We’re Still Operating

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | April 01, 2020


We know that there are a lot of hardships out there for everyone but wanted to reach out and confirm that we are operational and existing campaigns will ship on time. Distributors are still shipping parts and our local CM's are still building boards. If you have a good idea for a campaign to help...

March 2020

Introducing Hackster Launch

Introducing Hackster Launch

By: Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | March 19, 2020


We are very excited to finally announce a new partnership with Hackster and to celebrate we have a very special campaign from @GregDavill! Still not entertained? AudioMoth just unleashed Round 10, zGlue wants you to design your own chips on the cheap, and there's still a few more goodies below to...

GroupGets is Honored as Finalist for NCET’s 2020 Technology Company of the Year!

Each year, the NCET Technology Company of the Year award is presented to the Northern Nevada technology company which achieves significant sales/revenue growth, employee growth, and a positive effect on the area’s technology industry. Special consideration is given to companies that demonstrate ...

February 2020

Roaring 20s

Roaring 20s

By: William Massey, Ron Justin | February 06, 2020





December 2019

New Campaigns for 2020

New Campaigns for 2020

By: William Massey, Ron Justin, Matthew Navarro | December 26, 2019


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...

Black Friday Blowout

Black Friday Blowout

By: William Massey, Matthew Navarro, Ron Justin | December 02, 2019


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...

September 2019

Radar-Zilla & Audio-Mothra Chapter 2

Radar-Zilla & Audio-Mothra Chapter 2

By: William Massey & Matthew Navarro | September 23, 2019


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.

August 2019

Score at The GroupGets Store

Score at The GroupGets Store

By: Matthew Navarro | August 29, 2019


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 ...

Radar-zilla VS. Audio-mothra

Radar-zilla VS. Audio-mothra

By: GroupGets Will | August 08, 2019


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.

July 2019

Old Towne Code

Old Towne Code

By: GroupGets Will | July 25, 2019


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

The Boards are Back in Town

By: GroupGets Will | July 11, 2019


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.

June 2019

Right Now on GroupGets

Right Now on GroupGets

By: GroupGets Will | June 20, 2019


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...

AudioMoth Round 7

AudioMoth Round 7

By: GroupGets Will | June 04, 2019


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 ...

May 2019

OpenMV Cam H7 Thermal

OpenMV Cam H7 Thermal

By: GroupGets Will | May 09, 2019


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...

April 2019

FLIR Boson Quarterly

FLIR Boson Quarterly

By: GroupGets Will | April 30, 2019


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...

RISC-V LoFive

RISC-V LoFive

By: GroupGets Will | April 24, 2019


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...

March 2019

March Radness

March Radness

By: GroupGets Will | March 26, 2019


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...

February 2019

We Smell Bacon

We Smell Bacon

By: GroupGets Will | February 19, 2019


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...

January 2019

BatShiz Crazy for AudioMoth

BatShiz Crazy for AudioMoth

By: GroupGets Will | January 23, 2019


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 ...

December 2018

Don't Drink and Drone

Don't Drink and Drone

By: GroupGets Will | December 19, 2018


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

November 2018

Right now on GroupGets

Right now on GroupGets

By: GroupGets | November 18, 2018


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...

October 2018

Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit Giveaway!

Enter for a chance to win a Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit




Hack Your Commute

Hack Your Commute

By: GroupGets | October 15, 2018


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...

September 2018

Fly Into Fall

Fly Into Fall

By: GroupGets | September 20, 2018


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 Advanced Flight Controller with GPS Giveaway!

Pixhawk 4 Advanced Flight Controller with GPS Giveaway!

By: GroupGets | September 20, 2018


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...

August 2018

New Campaigns And IoT Bootcamp

New Campaigns And IoT Bootcamp

By: GroupGets | August 02, 2018


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...

April 2017

The Millionth Lepton!

The Millionth Lepton!

By: Ron Justin | April 12, 2017


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,...

November 2016

Pylepton Overlay Guide 2.0 for Raspbian Pixel

Pylepton Overlay Guide 2.0 for Raspbian Pixel

By: GroupGets | November 15, 2016


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.

August 2016

Hacking Minimum Orders for Fun & Profit

Hacking Minimum Orders for Fun & Profit

By: GroupGets | August 24, 2016


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 ...

100th Funded Campaign!

100th Funded Campaign!

By: Lauren | August 19, 2016


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

July 2016

Newsletter Archive

Newsletter Archive

By: GroupGets | July 28, 2016


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June 2016

Saving an Icon From Early Retirement

Saving an Icon From Early Retirement

By: Lauren | June 15, 2016


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

April 2016

Success at the SBHacks UCSB Hackathon Event

Success at the SBHacks UCSB Hackathon Event

By: Justin Stitches | April 20, 2016


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...

March 2016

Las Vegas Maker Faire 2016

Las Vegas Maker Faire 2016

By: GroupGets | March 06, 2016


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

January 2016

CES '16 Startup Invasion

CES '16 Startup Invasion

By: Lauren | January 13, 2016


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.

DIY-Thermocam Designed by GroupGets User

DIY-Thermocam Designed by GroupGets User

By: Lauren | January 05, 2016


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...

December 2015

UNLV Senior Design Competition & Keyport Tour

UNLV Senior Design Competition & Keyport Tour

By: Lauren | December 06, 2015


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...

November 2015

Holiday Tech Deals Available Now

Holiday Tech Deals Available Now

By: Lauren | November 28, 2015


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...

Hackaday SuperCon & SoCal MakerCon

Hackaday SuperCon & SoCal MakerCon

By: Lauren | November 13, 2015


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.

6 Ways a Group Buy Will Boost Business

6 Ways a Group Buy Will Boost Business

By: Lauren | November 11, 2015


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...

October 2015

Reno 4-1-1

Reno 4-1-1

By: Lauren | October 17, 2015


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...

Immersive Color and Outer Space

Immersive Color and Outer Space

By: GroupGets | October 06, 2015


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...

September 2015

GroupGets Flies Over to Interdrone 2015

GroupGets Flies Over to Interdrone 2015

By: Lauren | September 22, 2015


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

Fully Electric Transportation

Fully Electric Transportation

By: GroupGets | September 12, 2015


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

How to thread the DroneThermal Gimbal Mount

How to thread the DroneThermal Gimbal Mount

By: GroupGets | September 06, 2015


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.

July 2015

FLIR One 2nd Generation Review

FLIR One 2nd Generation Review

By: GroupGets | July 24, 2015


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




FLIR Hackathon Challenge in San Francisco

FLIR Hackathon Challenge in San Francisco

By: GroupGets | July 08, 2015


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

May 2015

GroupGets Making Headlines!

GroupGets Making Headlines!

By: GroupGets | May 08, 2015


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

April 2015

Installation guide for Pure Breakout Board on Raspberry Pi 2

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.

Digital or Analog? Choose Both!

Digital or Analog? Choose Both!

By: GroupGets | April 15, 2015


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.

New Gets for New Heights

New Gets for New Heights

By: GroupGets | April 13, 2015


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

March 2015

Updated FLIR Lepton PocketCam GUI

Updated FLIR Lepton PocketCam GUI

By: GroupGets | March 30, 2015


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

How to Create A GroupGet Campaign

How to Create A GroupGet Campaign

By: GroupGets | March 10, 2015


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.

Springing Ahead

Springing Ahead

By: GroupGets | March 08, 2015


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.

February 2015

FLIR Lepton Pocketcam GUI

FLIR Lepton Pocketcam GUI

By: GroupGets | February 23, 2015


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.

October 2014

First Campaign Milestone

First Campaign Milestone

By: GroupGets | October 04, 2014


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.